Go to PubMed at:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?holding=izauctlib
Change the drop-down menu to ‘NLM Catalog’
In the search box, type the abbreviation of the journal name, for example, ‘proc natl acad sci’ then [journal name] in square brackets after the name – no spaces - and then click ‘Search’.
The full title of the journal name will be displayed as well as information about the journal.

Journal abbreviations

  • 1.
    Go to PubMedat: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?holding=izauctlib
  • 2.
    Change the drop-downmenu to ‘NLM Catalog’
  • 3.
    In the searchbox, type the abbreviation of the journal name, for example, ‘proc natl acad sci’ then [journal name] in square brackets after the name – no spaces - and then click ‘Search’.
  • 4.
    The full titleof the journal name will be displayed as well as information about the journal.