DOCLINE® Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

DOCLINE, an interlibrary loan request routing and referral system, is provided as a service to libraries by the National Library of Medicine. Most DOCLINE users are members of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, whose mission is to provide equal access to biomedical information to all U.S. health professionals in order to advance the progress of medicine and to improve the public health. The NN/LM is also dedicated to improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health.

The National Library of Medicine stores all interlibrary loan transactions made on the system for one year. This data is made available to participating libraries and to the Regional Medical Libraries (RMLs) through system-supplied reports. NLM uses this data to invoice clients for interlibrary loan services. Data is also used for analysis of national and international trends in interlibrary loan.

When NLM receives an inquiry via e-mail, the question and the e-mail address are stored so that we can respond electronically. Unless otherwise required by statute, we do not identify publicly who sends questions or comments to DOCLINE.

Cookies

A "cookie" is information sent by a web site server (e.g. DOCLINE) to your computer while you are connected to that site. DOCLINE's cookies are information about your interactions that may be needed later for the system to perform a function. As the user moves from page to page in DOCLINE, cookies allow his/her own specific institution record (DOCUSER), serial holdings (SERHOLD), and transaction records to be retrieved. Any cookies placed by DOCLINE will be deleted from the computer upon exiting the browser.

Last reviewed: 07 May 2004
Last updated: 07 May 2004
First published: 25 March 2002
Metadata| Permanence level: Permanence Not Guaranteed