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License Agreements to Lease MEDLINE® and other NLM® Databases

Please select the applicable license - either the standard U.S. license or the non-U.S. research-only license:

  1. License Agreement to Lease NLM Databases in Machine-Readable Form (standard license agreement for U.S. organizations only. The following criteria apply: the organization is incorporated in the U.S.; the signing official is a principle in the organization who is located in the U.S. and is not simply an authorized agent; and any financial payment to the NLM is issued from an U.S. account (although there are no fees for leasing NLM databases in the foreseeable future).

  2. License Agreement for Non-U.S. Organizations for Use of MEDLINE and Other NLM Databases Solely for Research Purposes (license for non-U.S. organizations using NLM data for internal research projects only; no commercial citation search service may be offered).

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Last updated: 04 November 2004
First published: 01 January 1999
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