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The American '''National Library of Medicine''' (NLM) is part of [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH). The NLM is located on the NIH campus in Bethesda, [[Maryland]] near Washington, DC. | The American '''National Library of Medicine''' (NLM) is part of [[United States]] [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH). The NLM is located on the NIH campus in Bethesda, [[Maryland]] near Washington, DC. | ||
According to the NLM website, they are the world's largest medical library. Its collection has more than 9 million items including books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs and images.<ref name="titleThe National Library of Medicine Fact Sheet">{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/nlm.html |title=The National Library of Medicine Fact Sheet |accessdate=2008-02-14 |author=Anonymous |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher=National Library of Medicine |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref> | According to the NLM website, they are the world's largest medical library. Its collection has more than 9 million items including books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs and images.<ref name="titleThe National Library of Medicine Fact Sheet">{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/nlm.html |title=The National Library of Medicine Fact Sheet |accessdate=2008-02-14 |author=Anonymous |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher=National Library of Medicine |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 12:05, 24 June 2008
The American National Library of Medicine (NLM) is part of United States National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NLM is located on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland near Washington, DC.
According to the NLM website, they are the world's largest medical library. Its collection has more than 9 million items including books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs and images.[1]
Its website, http://nlm.nih.gov, has been online since 1993 and provides access to many biomedical databases through Entrez. These databases include MEDLINE and DailyMed as well as many bioinformatics resources.
References
- ↑ Anonymous. The National Library of Medicine Fact Sheet. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
See also
- MEDLINE
- Templates to facilitate linking to NLM resources.