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Patient studies for drugs and treatment.
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References including abstracts from thousands of biomedical journals.
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Entrez
Search the biomedical databases of the Entrez Molecular Biology System.
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PubMed Tutorial
Interactive instruction tool.
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LocatorPlus
Catalog of books, journals, and audiovisuals.
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TOXNET®
Network of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and environmental health.
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MedlinePlus®
Health information for patients, families and health care providers. Also in Spanish MedlinePlus en español.
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Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®)
Electronic "Knowledge Sources" and associated lexical programs including SNOMED CT®.
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MeSH Browser
Medical Subject Heading look-up tool.
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Visible Human Project®
Three-dimensional representations of the human body.
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AIDSInfo
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) resource providing information on HIV/AIDS clinical trials and federally approved HIV treatment and prevention guidelines.
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Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary loan services are available only to libraries.
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American Indian Health
An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of American Indians.
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International Toxicity Estimates for Risk
Risk information on over 600 chemicals from several authoritative organizations worldwide.
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Arctic Health
Health and well-being of our planet's northern-most inhabitants.
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List of Serials Indexed for Online Users
Bibliographic information for serials indexed in MEDLINE® (available in both PDF and XML).
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Asian American Health
An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of Asian Americans in the United States.
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Loansome Doc®
Enables PubMed and NLM Gateway users to order documents found in MEDLINE®.
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Bioethics
Ethical, legal and policy issues in health care and biomedical research.
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LocatorPlus
Catalog of books, journals, and audiovisuals.
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Biotechnology Information
Molecular biology, computational biology and related software tools.
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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®)
Controlled vocabulary thesaurus and MeSH Browser.
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Bookshelf
The Bookshelf is a collection of biomedical books that can be searched directly.
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MEDLINE®/PubMed®
References including abstracts from thousands of biomedical journals.
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Cancer Information
Cancer information via the MEDLINE®/PubMed® database and the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
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MedlinePlus®
Health information for patients, families and health care providers. Also in Spanish.
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Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information
Carinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition test results on over 8,000 chemicals.
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MedlinePlus® en español
Health information for patients, families and health care providers in Spanish.
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Chemical Identification Plus
Online dictionary of over 300,000 chemicals, including names, synonyms, and chemical structures.
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MeSH Browser
Medical Subject Heading look-up tool.
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Chemical Information
Chemical data and chemical structure databases.
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MIMCom Malaria Research Resources
Supporting African scientists and malaria researchers.
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Clinical Alerts
Provided to expedite the release of findings from the NIH-funded clinical trials.
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Molecular Biology
Molecular biology, computational biology and related software tools.
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ClinicalTrials.gov
Patient studies for drugs and treatment.
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Multiple Congenital Anomaly/Mental Retardation (MCA/MR) Syndromes
Database to facilitate the identification and differentiation of syndromic entities.
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Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Database
Over 40,000 references to the teratology, developmental and reproductive toxicology literature.
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NIHSeniorHealth
Easily-accessible age-related health information.
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DIRLINE®
Online Directory of Health Organizations.
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NLM Catalog
An alternate search interface to the 1.2 million bibliographic records for books, journals, audiovisuals, computer software, electronic resources, and other materials resident in LocatorPlus.
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DOCLINE®
Interlibrary loan (ILL) request routing and referral system.
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NLM Classification
Medical library classification and index tool.
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Drug Information
Where to find information about U.S. drugs.
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NLM Gateway
Search multiple retrieval systems.
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Entrez
Search the biomedical databases of the Entrez Molecular Biology System.
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OLDMEDLINE
References to biomedical journal articles 1951 through 1965.
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Genetics Home Reference
Genetic conditions and the genes responsible.
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Online Exhibitions and Digital Projects
Recent and currently on exhibit.
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Genetic Toxicology
Mutagenicity test data, on over 3,000 chemcials based on peer review of the scientific literature.
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Practice Guidelines
Full-text documents providing health information supporting health care decision making.
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Haz-Map®
Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases®.
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Profiles in Science™
Archival collections of leaders in biomedical research and public health.
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Hazardous Substances Data Bank
Online toxicology handbook on over 4,700 chemicals.
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Public Health Partners
Information Access for the Public Health Workforce.
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Health Data Standards and Privacy
NLM participation in HIPAA activities.
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PubMed Central™
Digital archive of life sciences journal literature.
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Health Hotlines
Toll-free telephone numbers for various services.
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PubMed®/MEDLINE®
References including abstracts from thousands of biomedical journals.
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Health Services Research & Health Care Technology
Includes clinical practice guidelines.
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PubMed Tutorial
Interactive instruction tool.
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Health Services Research Projects (HSRProj)
Ongoing grants and contracts in health services research.
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Space Life Sciences
Literature of space flight and ground-based life sciences.
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Health Services and Sciences Research Resources
Research datasets and instruments/indices.
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Tox Town
Interactive guide to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks. Also in Spanish ToxTown en español.
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Health Services Technology Assessment Texts (HSTAT)
Full-text documents providing health information and support health care decision making.
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Toxic Release Inventory
Annual estimated releases of toxic chemicals into the environment by industrial facilities in the United States.
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History of Medicine
Exhibitions, historical scholarship and images in medicine.
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Toxicology and Environmental Health Information
Portal to numerous NLM databases and resources in environmental health and toxicology.
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HIV/AIDS Resources
Information on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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Toxicology Literature Online
Over 3 million references to the toxicological literature.
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Household Products Database
Health and safety information.
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TOXNET®
Network of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and environmental health.
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Images from the History of Medicine
Access to the nearly 60,000 images in the prints and photograph collection of the History of Medicine Division (HMD).
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Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®)
Electronic "Knowledge Sources" and associated lexical programs including SNOMED CT®.
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Index Catalogue
IndexCat is the National Library of Medicine's digital version of the printed Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, (Index Catalogue).
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Visible Human Project®
Three-dimensional representations of the human body.
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Integrated Risk Information System
Hazard identification and dose-response assessments on over 500 chemicals.
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First published: 01 January 1999
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