Article search

There are several ways to search for articles on bmj.com

1. Use the quick search box at the top right of any page to search for words (including authors’ names) appearing in an article.

2. Alternatively, the advanced search option allows separate searching by author’s name, keyword, or citation.

The advanced search option also allows you to extend your search across over 1000 other journals hosted by HighWire Press.

3. Using the search box on the Research, Education, News, and Comment pages allows searches to be restricted to articles belonging to those sections.

For example, on the Education page at the top of the second column you'll see a box labelled "All Education." In the box there's a "Limit by" option. You can choose e.g. "Clinical review," click on "Go" and get all the clinical reviews. The search box looks like this:

4. More detailed help with searching can be found within the help section.

If you are searching online for an article you have read in the print BMJ, it's best not to search using the title because the article may have a different title on bmj.com.

 Our continuous publishing model means that we now publish all our articles on bmj.com more or less as soon as they are ready to publish. The articles thus posted are the canonical versions with a definitive citation, and they may (or may not) subsequently appear in print. When they do appear in print they may be shortened slightly to fit on a print page and their title may change (particularly in the case of news articles). To help readers find the online version of an article in print we include on every article a label that shows how to cite that article (eg on the Integrated care article it is Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b1484). The best way to find an article on bmj.com is thus to go to the advanced search page and use the information in the citation. Using the author's name is another easy way to find recent articles since the search results are given in order of the most recent articles first.

5. An enhanced feature of the bmj.com search function is the Instant Index tool (using Vivissimo clustering technology). If your search produces more than 50 results you will see an Instant Index for your search on the top right of the screen.

• The clustered subject categories appear in the left panel, and the corresponding citations in the right panel.
• The subject folders are sorted beginning with the largest category first, and the number of citations associated with each subject is in parentheses.
• Click on a subject category of interest, and the right pane will display the associated citations.
• A plus sign [+] in front of a category indicates that there are sub-topics available. Click on the plus sign to display these sub-topics

BMJ Group search

Using this "search all BMJ products" box in the top left hand corner you can easily find relevant content from across the BMJ Group, as well as easily search BMJ instructions for authors, advertising guidelines and other BMJ non-article content.