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Are NLM historical collections online?
The full texts of NLM historical material are not online; however, selected material from historical collections can be viewed in Online Exhibitions, Related NLM Web Sites, and digitized books, manuscripts, and pictures. For a complete list of digitized historical material, see Digital Collections.

NLM Historical material can be searched in a variety of online resources listed below.

• Library Catalogs: NLM Catalog & LocatorPlus

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

• MEDLINE/PubMed

  Search here for journal articles back to the 1940s. To search historical articles select History of Medicine subset in the PubMed Limits page. To find older articles select a date range from the Limits page.
  For information about PubMed, see FAQ MEDLINE/PubMed and Other Databases.

• IndexCat 

  IndexCat, the online version of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, U.S. Army (61 volumes in 5 series, 1880-1961), is a comprehensive subject catalog of books, pamphlets, dissertations, reports, and journal articles published from the 17th-20th century and held by NLM. Researchers will find material in IndexCat that is not in the Library catalog (LocatorPlus).

• Image Database (IHM)

  Search for prints and photographs.

• Alphabetical List of Finding Aids

  Search for modern manuscripts.

• Related NLM Web Sites:

  • Animals as Cold Warriors: Missiles, Medicine, and Man's Best Friend
  • Chinese Public Health Posters
  • Classics of Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • Directory of History of Medicine Collections
  • Dream Anatomy
  • Early Western Manuscripts (13th-17th century)
  • From 'Monsters' to Modern Medical Miracles: Selected moments in the history of conjoined twins from medieval to modern times
  • Greek Medicine from the Gods to Galen
  • A Guide to Collections Relating to the History of Artificial Organs (Project Bionics)
  • Historical Anatomies on the Web
  • The Horse: A Mirror of Man: Paralells in Early Human and Horse Medicine eb
  • Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts
  • Islamic Medical Manuscripts (11th-19th century)
  • Medieval Manuscripts in the NLM
  • Midwifery, Nursing, and Obstetrics Manuscript Collections at NLM
  • Profiles in Science
  • A Shelflist of Islamic Medical Manuscripts at the NLM (pdf)
  • Tropical Medicine Manuscript Collections in the History of Medicine Division
  • Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body

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Last reviewed: 09 April 2008
Last updated: 12 March 2008
First published: 29 April 2004
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