Library Catalogs & Services

• Library Catalogs: NLM Catalog & LocatorPlus

  NLM Catalog: start here to find books, journals, and audiovisuals
  LocatorPlus: for holdings, item availability, MARC 21, and more.
  
  History of Medicine Images now searchable via Quick Limit Option in LocatorPlus.

• IndexCat

  Online version of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office.
  Also see:
  Modern Manuscripts (Finding Aids) | Historical Images (prints and photographs)

• Reference and Customer Services

  Librarians help locate resources in the biomedical sciences, and answer questions about NLM's products and services.
  Visiting the Library | Customer Service Policy | Contact NLM Customer Service

• Accessing the Collections at NLM

  Libraries may borrow books or obtain copies of articles from NLM. Individuals who need to borrow library materials should make a request through a local library. Also see: Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery | DOCLINE® interlibrary loan system for libraries | Loansome Doc® system for individuals who wish to order articles via a medical library

• Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®)

  NLM controlled subject vocabulary used for indexing and cataloging.
  More about MeSH (Fact Sheet) | MeSH Browser | MeSH Publications

• Cataloging

  NLM catalogs biomedical materials in more than 45 languages and provides bibliographic services to the biomedical library community.
  NLM Classification used to organize library materials

• Collection Development and Acquisitions

  Policies and guidelines for building NLM's Collection.
  Collection Development Manual

• Preservation and Collection Management

  NLM has an extensive program for managing and preserving its collection.
  More about the Preservation and Collection Management Program (Fact Sheet)

  NLM and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) are working together to ensure the preservation of and continued access to the literature through a national cooperative medical serials print retention program. MedPrint – the medical serials print preservation program

• Publications by NLM

  Reports, plans, newsletters, bibliographies and other staff publications.
  Fact Sheets | NLM Technical Bulletin | Current Bibliographies in Medicine | Annual Reports

• Resources for International Librarians, Health Professionals and Researchers

  Training information, document delivery and other useful resources for the international community.

• Leasing NLM Data

  How to lease NLM databases or download data.

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