HMD Finding Aids is the central access point for electronic finding aids provided by the Archives and Modern Manuscripts and Prints and Photographs collections.

Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) in NLM Digital Collections provides online access to images from the historical collections of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. IHM includes image files of a wide variety of visual media including fine art, photographs, engravings, and posters that illustrate the social and historical aspects of medicine dating from the 15th to 21st century.

IndexCat provides access to the digitized version of the printed Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office; eTK for medieval Latin texts; and eVK2 for medieval English texts; along with links to other selected NLM resources.

This version of LactMed data is no longer updated. Current LactMed data is available on Bookshelf.

The LactMed database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where appropriate. All data are derived from the scientific literature and fully referenced. A peer review panel reviews the data to assure scientific validity and currency.

The Learning Resources Database is a catalog of interactive tutorials, videos, online classes, finding aids, and other instructional resources on National Library of Medicine (NLM) products and services. Resources may be available for immediate use via a browser or downloadable for use in course management systems.

The List of Serials Indexed for Online Users (LSIOU) provides bibliographic information for all journals whose articles were ever indexed over time with the MeSH® vocabulary and cited in MEDLINE®, the backbone of the NLM PubMed® database. It includes titles that ceased publication, changed titles, or are no longer indexed. More detailed bibliographic data and information about indexing coverage for serials cited in MEDLINE/PubMed can be found in LocatorPlus Catalog®, the NLM online catalog, and the NLM Catalog, an Entrez database.

A MARC-based catalog, the LocatorPlus Catalog provides access to NLM bibliographic data for journals, books, audiovisuals, computer software, electronic resources and other materials.

An online edition of XML-encoded speeches, articles, and Congressional Appropriations testimonies by former NLM director Martin M. Cummings, based on the collection of his papers in HMD’s Modern Manuscripts collection.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is a hierarchically-organized terminology for indexing and cataloging of biomedical information. It is used for the indexing of PubMed and other NLM databases. Please see the Terms and Conditions for more information regarding the use and re-use of MeSH. NLM produces Medical Subject Headings XML, ASCII, MARC 21 and RDF formats.

Updates to the data files are made according to the following schedule:

MeSH XML
MeSH Descriptor files updated annually
MeSH Qualifier files updated annually
MeSH Supplemental Concept Records (SCR) updated daily (Monday - Friday)

MeSH ASCII
MeSH Descriptor files updated annually
MeSH Qualifier files updated annually
MeSH Supplemental Concept Records (SCR) updated daily (Monday - Friday)

MeSH MARC21
All files posted monthly

MeSH RDF
All files posted daily (Monday - Friday)

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