Fetching Medline entries

JabRef can download citations from the Medline database. To use this feature, choose Tools -> Fetch Medline, and the Medline interface will appear in the side pane.

There are two ways of specifying which entries to download:

  1. Enter one or more Medline IDs (separated by comma/semicolon) in the text field.
  2. Enter a set of names and/or words to search for. You can use the operators and and or and parentheses to refine your search expression.
In both cases, press Enter or the Fetch button. If you use a text search, you will be prompted with the number of entries found, and given a choice of how many to download.

The entries fetched will be added to your currently active database.