National Library of Medicine


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National Library of Medicine

 (NLM)
a library and information resource center that is part of the national institutes of health; it collects, organizes, and makes available biomedical science information to investigators, educators, and practitioners and carries out programs designed to strengthen medical library services in the United States. It publishes the index medicus, and its electronic databases include medline and MEDLINEplus.

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

a library and information resource center that is part of the National Institutes of Health. It collects, organizes, and makes available biomedical science information to investigators, educators, and practitioners and carries out programs designed to strengthen medical library services in the United States. It offers a free search engine, PubMed, and its electronic databases include MEDLINE and MEDLINEplus.

National Library of Medicine

The world’s largest repository of medical information, and part of the US National Institutes of Health, which is located on its own campus in Bethesda, MD. It has 17 million records in 150 languages.

National Library of Medicine

Medical informatics The world's leading repository of medical information, part of the NIH, located on its campus in Bethesda, MD. See GRATEFUL MED, Index Medicus, Literature search, MEDLINE.

Na·tion·al Li·bra·ry of Med·i·cine

(NLM) (nash'ŏ-năl lī'brar-ē med'i-sin)
World's largest medical library; collects materials in all areas of biomedicine; health care; biomedical aspects of technology, humanities, and physical, life, and social sciences; collections include books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs, and images; Web page provides access to multiple types of health care information.
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The MedlinePlus Interactive Tutorials from the National Library of Medicine are also useful for those who may need voice and images, as well as simple texts, in order to understand health topics (NLM, 2004b).
Where am I to go? Use of the Internet for consumer health information by two vulnerable communities
A complete map of the entire human genome should be available by 2005, according to the National Library of Medicine.
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com), a leading provider of enterprise search software and expertise, today announced its selection by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to enhance searching on www.
National Library of Medicine Simplifies Public Access to Health Information with Vivisimo Search Platform
On May 1, 2016, the NLM Training Center's name changed to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Training Office (NTO) to reflect our role in the new 5-year Cooperative Agreement with the US National Library of Medicine (NLM).
National Network of Libraries of Medicine Training Office: New Name for the NLM Training Center
An advisory group of library and literacy professionals from the NN/LM Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest Regions, along with a second-year National Library of Medicine associate fellow, planned, implemented, and evaluated the symposium.
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced the release of MyMorph's Beta 3 version.
NLM releases third Beta version of its MyMorph software. (News Briefs)
NexCare's collaborators and partners included the National Institutes of Health, the National Library of Medicine, the Los Angeles County Medical Association and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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On April 1, 2016, the National Library of Medicine awarded five-year cooperative agreements to eight institutions to serve as Regional Medical Libraries and five National Coordinating Offices in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
NLM Awards 2016-2021 Regional Medical Library Cooperative Agreements

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