FAQ: Reference Questions

Where can I find information on or about:

• Health
• Journals and Books
• NLM Services
• Medical & Health Care Education and Careers

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Health

• human anatomy and physiology
• my animal/pet
• clinical trial results
• consumer health information
• costs of medical procedures in my state
• discounted or free medical and dental care in the United States and other countries
• disease, condition, or course of therapy
  
  
• Drugs:
  • identifying a pill
    
  • US drugs
    
  • drug screening
    
  • international (non-US) drugs
    
    

• genetic disorders
• health and biomedicine organizations
• hospitals in the US and other countries
• lab or diagnostic tests
• medical codes, such as the ICD-10
• medical devices
• medical statistics
• a physician, scientist or author of an article
• psychological or educational evaluation tests
• taking natural products, dietary supplements, medicinal plants or other complementary or alternative medicines

• See Also: National Library of Medicine Guide to Finding Health Information and Finding Consumer Health Information

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Journals and Books

• listings of book chapters
• how many times an article, author or journal has been cited
• a list of currently indexed journals in the NLM Catalog
• full text journal articles (US and other countries)
• Instructions to Authors for a journal

• list of current MEDLINE journals by Country of Publication or Language in:
  • LocatorPlus
  • NLM Catalog
    
    
• published list of journals that are indexed in MEDLINE and PubMed
  
  
• older journal articles (before the 1950s)
• peer-reviewed/refereed journals
• translations of an article, book or report into English

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NLM Services

• copyright
• grants and funding in the US and other countries
• getting copies of historical medical photographs
• medical videos, photographs, slides, or images
• NLM ownership of a journal, book, report or audiovisual
• resources for international librarians, health professionals and researchers in developing countries

Medical & Health Care Education and Careers

• medical education and careers
• medical meetings and conferences

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First published: 01 January 1998
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