NLM Databases and Electronic Resources

Access: Publicly available resource

Description: Provides links to dozens of health and science related resources maintained by the National Library of Medicine. Sources listed include:

• AIDS Info (also see UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS )
• American Indian Health (also try Native Health Databases containing bibliographic information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations).
• Arctic Health
• Asian American Health
• Bioethics : Ethical, legal and policy issues in health care and biomedical research.
• Biotechnology Information
• Cancer Information
• Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information : Carinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition test results on over 8,000 chemicals.
• Chemical Identification Plus : Online dictionary of over 300,000 chemicals, including names, synonyms, and chemical structures.
• Chemical Information : Chemical data and chemical structure databases.
• Clinical Alerts : Provided to expedite the release of findings from the NIH-funded clinical trials.
• ClinicalTrials.gov : Patient studies for drugs and treatment.
• Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Database : Over 40,000 references to the teratology, developmental and reproductive toxicology literature.
• DIRLINE : Online Directory of Health Organizations.
• Drug Information
• Genetics Home Reference : Genetic conditions and the genes responsible.
• Genetic Toxicology : Mutagenicity test data, on over 3,000 chemcials based on peer review of the scientific literature.
• Haz-Map : Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
• Hazardous Substances Data Bank : Online toxicology handbook on over 4,700 chemicals.
• Health Data Standards and Privacy
• History of Medicine : Exhibitions, historical scholarship and images in medicine.
• Household Products Database : Health and safety information.
• Images from the History of Medicine : Access to the nearly 60,000 images in the prints and photograph collection of the History of Medicine Division (HMD).
• Integrated Risk Information System : Hazard identification and dose-response assessments on over 500 chemicals.
• International Toxicity Estimates for Risk : Risk information on over 600 chemicals from several authoritative organizations worldwide.
• MIMCom Malaria Research Resources : Supporting African scientists and malaria researchers.
• Molecular Biology
• Multiple Congenital Anomaly/Mental Retardation (MCA/MR) Syndromes
• NIH Senior Health : Easily-accessible age-related health information.
• OLD MEDLINE : References to biomedical journal articles 1951 through 1965.
• Practice Guidelines : Full-text documents supporting health care decision making.
• Profiles in Science : Archival collections of leaders in biomedical research and public health.
• Space Life Sciences : Literature of space flight and ground-based life sciences.
• Tox Town : Interactive guide to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks.
• Toxic Release Inventory : Annual estimated releases of toxic chemicals into the environment by industrial facilities in the United States.
• Toxicology and Environmental Health Information : Portal to numerous NLM databases and resources in environmental health and toxicology.
• Toxicology Literature Online : Over 3 million references to the toxicological literature.
• TOXNET
• Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)
• Visible Human Project : Three-dimensional representations of the human body.

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Health, Medicine & Psychology
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