LILACS Methodology – Documentation – Manuals, Technical Notes, and Presentations
The LILACS Methodology enables the development of bibliographic databases that emphasize the characteristics of scientific and technical production in the Health field of Latin America and the Caribbean.
It was launched in 1982 in conjunction with the LILACS database, and currently, around ninety specialized databases are maintained within the LILACS ecosystem.
Criteria and document selection guide
LILACS Document Selection Guide
6th ed., revised and expanded - Jan. 2022
Selection and Retention Criteria for Journals in the LILACS Collection (2020)
(regional scope)
Selection and Retention Criteria for Journals in the LILACS Brazil Collection (2021)
(applicable for the evaluation and selection of journals - Brazil collection)
Tools
Directory of the VHL Network - Registration of the institutions that are part of the LILACS network
BIREME Accounts - Authentication control and access permission to FI-Admin
FI-Admin - Integrated Information Sources Management System
DeCS/MeSH - Descriptors in Health Sciences
Portal of Scientific Journals in Health Sciences - Management and standardization of data from scientific journals
LILACS METHODOLOGY: DESCRIPTION, INDEXING, AND SEARCH GUIDES AND MANUALS
LILACS METHODOLOGY: MANUALS AND GUIDES FOR DESCRIPTION, INDEXING, AND SEARCH The LILACS Methodology was created based on the data structure of UNISIST, MARC, Dublin Core formats, as well as the data filling guidelines of ISBD and AACR2. Regarding document indexing according to the LILACS Methodology, the indexing policy was created and is updated following the policy of the National Library of Medicine. The creation and updating of this documentation are carried out by BIREME/PAHO/WHO with the support of the LILACS Indexers Network, and the Spanish translation review was carried out with the support of Infomed from Cuba.
Information Management
LILACS Methodology – Bibliographic Description Manual
8th ed. - 2022
LILACS Methodology – Document Indexing Manual for Bibliographic Databases
3rd ed. - March 2023
Research at LILACS
LILACS Methodology – Search Filters for Methodological Study Types
2022
Technical Note 02/22: Search Prefixes
(Advanced)
Editorial process of scientific journals
LILACS Methodology - Guide to Best Editorial Practices for LILACS Journals
Learn about the TNs that complement the guidelines and manuals in LILACS.
International standards that are the basis of the LILACS Methodology
NETWORK ACTORS
Institutions and professionals that are part of the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Information System and that act in the leadership and execution of the management and maintenance actions of the LILACS ecosystem
National and thematic coordinators
Institutions such as Ministries of Health of the countries or Universities recognized for their work in the area of Health.
Responsible for leading, coordinating and carrying out the advocacy of LILACS in its scope of activity, either as a national representative or thematic area of the LILACS Network (Nursing and Dentistry).
They monitor the contribution, carry out training and support the Network locally.
Learn more about the role of the Coordinators.
Cooperating centers
Institutions such as Ministries of Health of the countries or Universities recognized for their work in the area of Health.
Responsible for updating the databases with scientific and technical production, training in the institution, promotion of LILACS products and services and support the Network locally.
Learn more about the role of Cooperating Centers
Journal editors and editorial teams
Scientific editors, executives, secretaries, librarians, diagrammers, designers and other professionals who work in the stages of the publication process of a scientific journal in Health.
Responsible for the scientific and technical quality of the journal indexed in LILACS and databases that adopt the LILACS Methodology and cooperate as Editor LILACS-Express sending data necessary for rapid access to the article in LILACS.
Selection Committees of LILACS journals
Editors or former scientific editors of journals indexed in LILACS specialists in editorial processes of scientific journals and in scientific communication in Health.
Responsible for the evaluation and selection of journals for indexing in LILACS, for the suggestion of improvements in the journal evaluation process and for contributions to the review of LILACS quality criteria.
Expert information professionals
Professionals who work in analysis, synthesis and representation of the content of health documents adopting the LILACS Methodology using DeCS/MeSH descriptors.
Network of References of the VHL
Professionals who work in the process of searching for specialized health documentation, especially by adopting the LILACS Methodology, using DeCS/MeSH descriptors.
Health experts
Researchers, authors, terminologists, specialists of the thematic areas in Health.
They act in the identification, selection, production and evaluation of documents as well as their categorization for knowledge organization in products generated from LILACS: knowledge showcases, e-blueInfo application, evidence maps, infometrics, thematic areas of VHL and others.
MEETINGS AND TRAININGS WITH DOCUMENTATION ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY
History of meetings and training sessions conducted
Coordination Meetings
LILACS Methodology: bibliographic description
Indexing of documents according to the LILACS Methodology
Good practices in editorial processes for LILACS scientific journals
Methodological types of study in the LILACS Methodology and access filters in the VHL (2022)
INFOMETRICS" e "DASHBOARDS
LILACS journals profile
2021-23 - Consolidated profile
LILACS ECOSYSTEM
The LILACS Methodology is adopted by several other associated networks, which can become other information products and services such as the Virtual Health Libraries (VHL), e-BlueInfo collections, projects in partnership between BIREME and PAHO, WHO or other institutions.
LILACS thematic areas
Prioritized areas with management carried out by leading institutions, including the selection of journals for LILACS:
Nursing BVS Network
Dentistry BVS Network
