Comment on Journal Indexing: What it is, and What it’s Not by Paul Blobaum

sd, “REAL” indexing services are often those published by a society (such as Social Work Abstracts, from the National Association of Social Workers) and MEDLINE (which is the authoritative index to biomedical literature… PubMed merely reports articles depisited in pubMed Central, and also Medline citations, and publisher provided citations that are not indexed for MEDLINE). Look for who the publisher is, and who the market is. Other reputable publishers also have scholarly indexes, such as EBSCO, Proquest. CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) is published by Ebsco but was originally published by a non-profit clearinghouse that built a reputation for quality over the years. When it comes down to it, if in doubt, ask a professional librarian.