US National Library of Medicine
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The US National Library of Medicine is a Library in the USA that ... Medicine Discipline.
- AKA: National Library of Medicine, NLM.
- See: Digital Library, Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Suite.
References
2009
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/nlm.html
- The National Library of Medicine (NLM):
- is the world's largest biomedical library
- collects, catalogs and preserves published biomedical research and creates databases and databanks for public use
- explores the uses of computer and communication technologies to improve the organization and use of biomedical information
- supports a national network of local and regional medical libraries, as explained at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/nnlm.html, which provides services to professionals and the public
- educates users about available sources of information so that they may conduct their own research concerning medical topics
- acts as a supplemental resource after local, regional, and other national resources have been contacted
- provides grants
- The National Library of Medicine (NLM):