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Information Resources
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AccessGUDID
AccessGUDID contains key device identification information submitted to the FDA about medical devices that have Unique Device Identifiers (UDI). |
Technology |
API, Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC), Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Database |
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AccessGUDID API
Provides developers with RESTful API functions for retrieving AccessGUDID data. |
Technology |
API |
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AIDSInfo
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) resource providing information on HIV/AIDS clinical trials and federally approved HIV treatment and prevention guidelines, information on HIV/AIDS treatment, clinical trials, and other HIV/AIDS-related research information for health care providers, researchers, people affected by HIV/AIDS, and the general public. |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
Database, Multilanguage, Special Interest |
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AIDSInfo API
Provides access to the AIDSinfo drug database fact sheets in XML format. The API returns information from both the professional and patient versions of the AIDSinfo drug database fact sheets based on input query strings. |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
API |
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AIDSInfo HIV/AIDS Glossary
The AIDSinfo HIV/AIDS Glossary is a powerful tool that provides mobile access to over 850 pertinent HIV/AIDS glossary terms in both English and Spanish. |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Terminology as Topic |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Reference |
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AIDSource
Comprehensive listing of HIV/AIDS resources within and outside of NLM. |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Database, Reference, Special Interest, Training |
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Alternatives to Animal Testing Bibliography (ALTBIB)
Bibliography on alternatives to the use of live vertebrates in biomedical research and testing. |
Animal Testing Alternatives; Toxicology |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Database, Reference |
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American Indian Health
Health and well-being of American Indians. |
Ethnic Groups; Public Health |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Database, Special Interest |
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Amino Acid Explorer
Explore characteristics of amino acids by comparing their structural and chemical properties, predicting protein sequence changes caused by mutations, viewing common substitutions, and browsing functions of given residues in conserved domains. |
Amino Acids; Biochemistry |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Arctic Health
Health and well-being of our planet's northern-most inhabitants. |
Ethnic Groups; Public Health |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Database, Special Interest |
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ASN.1 Format Summary
An International Standards Organization (ISO) data representation format used to achieve interoperability between platforms. |
Technology |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Assembly Archive
Links the raw sequence information found in the Trace Archive with assembly information found in publicly available sequence repositories (GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ). The viewer shows the multiple sequence alignments and the actual sequence chromatogram. |
Genetics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Database |
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Batch Entrez
Retrieve records from Entrez databases by uploading a file of GI or accession numbers from the Nucleotide or Protein databases, or a file of unique identifiers from other Entrez databases. Save results in various formats. |
Computational Biology |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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BioAssay Services
Tools that summarize the biological test results in the PubChem database and provide alternative ways to view bioassay results and structure-activity relationships. Users also can download their analyses and data tables. |
Biochemistry; Biological Assay |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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BioSample
Database containing descriptions of biological source materials used in experimental assays. |
Biochemistry; Biological Assay |
Database |
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BioSystems
Database grouping biomedical literature, small molecules, and sequence data in terms of biological relationships. |
Computational Biology |
Database |
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Biotechnology Information
Molecular biology, computational biology and related software tools. |
Biotechnology |
FTP |
Database |
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BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool)
Find regions of local similarity between sequences and compare nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence databases and calculate the statistical significance of matches. |
Computational Biology |
Database |
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BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) Tutorials and Guides
Includes links for a selection guide for BLAST algorithms, descriptions of BLAST output formats, explanations of the parameters for stand-alone BLAST, directions for setting up stand-alone BLAST on local machines and using the BLAST URL API. |
Computational Biology |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Training |
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BLAST (Stand-alone)
Suite of BLAST tools that utilize the NCBI C++ Toolkit. |
Biotechnology; Computational Biology |
FTP, Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Database |
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BLAST API
API for Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) services which find regions of local similarity between sequences. The program compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence databases and calculates the statistical significance of matches. |
Biotechnology; Computational Biology |
API |
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BLAST Databases
Sequence databases for use with the stand-alone BLAST programs. The files in this directory are pre-formatted databases that are ready to use with BLAST. |
Biotechnology; Computational Biology |
FTP |
Database |
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BLAST Link (BLink)
A link option on protein records that displays the results of a pre-computed BLAST search of that protein against all other protein sequences at NCBI. |
Biotechnology; Computational Biology |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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BLAST Microbial Genomes
Performs a BLAST search for similar sequences from selected complete eukaryotic and prokaryotic genomes. |
Computational Biology; Genomics; Microbiology |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Bookshelf
A collection of online biomedical books whose full text can be searched through the Entrez system. |
Books; Medicine |
Database, Reference |
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CDTree
A stand-alone application for classifying protein sequences and investigating their evolutionary relationships. CDTree can import, analyze and update existing Conserved Domain (CDD) records and hierarchies, and also allows users to create their own. |
Proteomics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System (CCRIS)
Carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition test results on chemicals. |
Neoplasms; Toxicology |
Database |
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Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management (CHEMM)
Enables first responders and other healthcare providers and planners to plan for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of mass-casualty incidents involving accidental or terrorist chemical releases. |
Disasters; Emergency Medicine; Hazardous Substances |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Database, Special Interest, Training |
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Chemical Identification Plus Database (ChemIDplus)
Online dictionary of chemicals, including names, synonyms, and chemical structures. |
Chemistry; Terminology as Topic |
Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
Database, Reference |
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ChemSpell Web Service API
The ChemSpell Web Service API provides chemical name spell checking and chemical name synonym look-up. |
Chemistry; Terminology as Topic |
API |
Reference |
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Citing Medicine
Provides guidance for citing twenty-six types of published and unpublished material, ranging from print books and journal articles to blogs and wikis. |
Books; Medicine |
Reference |
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Clinical Alerts
Messages provided to expedite the release of findings from the NIH-funded clinical trials where such release could significantly affect morbidity and mortality. |
Clinical Trials as Topic |
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ClinicalTrials.gov
Patient studies for drugs and treatment. |
Clinical Trials as Topic |
Database, Special Interest, Training |
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ClinicalTrials.gov API
Method for creating links to ClinicalTrials.gov or downloading data in XML format. Information includes a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and contact information for details about trials conducted in the U.S. and around the world. |
Clinical Trials as Topic |
API |
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ClinVar
A resource under development to provide a public, tracked record of reported relationships among human variation and observed health status. |
Genetics |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), FTP, Submission Systems |
Database |
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CloneDB (formerly Clone Registry)
A database that integrates information about clones and libraries, including sequence data, map positions and distributor information. |
Biotechnology; Genetics |
FTP, Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Database |
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Cn3D
A stand-alone application for viewing 3-dimensional structures from NCBI Entrez retrieval service. Runs on Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX and can be configured to receive data from most popular Web browsers. |
Molecular Biology |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Training |
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COBALT
COBALT is a protein multiple sequence alignment tool that finds a collection of pairwise constraints derived from conserved domain database, protein motif database, and sequence similarity, using RPS-BLAST, BLASTP, and PHI-BLAST. |
Proteomics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Coffee Break
A collection of short stories and interactive tutorials about recent biomedical discoveries. |
Medicine |
Database, Training |
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Community Health Maps
Low cost and easy-to-use mapping and mobile communication tools. |
Geographic Information Systems; Technology |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
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Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD)
Contains manually curated data describing cross-species chemical-gene/protein interactions and chemical-and gene-disease relationships. |
Environmental Health; Genomics; Toxicology |
Database |
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Computational Photography Project for Pill Identification (C3PI) RxImage Access RESTful API
A developing information infrastructure for identifying unknown oral solid dosage pharmaceuticals (pills) to generate a comprehensive portfolio of digital images of those pills along with supplementary metadata for computer vision research. |
Pharmaceutical Preparations |
API |
Images |
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Computational Resources from NCBI Structure Group
A centralized resource covering databases and tools to help in the study of macromolecular structures, conserved domains and protein classification, small molecules and their biological activity, biological pathways, and systems. |
Computational Biology |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Database |
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Concise Microbial Protein BLAST
A specialized BLAST service in which the queried database consists of all proteins from complete microbial (prokaryotic) genomes. |
Computational Biology; Microbiology; Proteomics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Consensus CDS (CCDS)
A collaborative effort to identify a core set of human and mouse protein coding regions that are consistently annotated and of high quality. |
Genetics; Proteomics |
FTP |
Database |
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Conserved Domains Database (CDD)
Collection of sequence alignments and profiles representing protein domains conserved in molecular evolution. |
Computational Biology; Proteomics |
FTP |
Database |
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DailyMed
Vehicle for access to the labels as well as to other sources and types of information about medications. |
Pharmaceutical Preparations |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Database, Images |
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DailyMed API
Provides high quality information about marketed drugs, including FDA labels (package inserts). Currently DailyMed publishes “RESTful” API for querying DailyMed database. |
Pharmaceutical Preparations |
API |
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Database of Expressed Sequence Tags (dbEST)
A division of GenBank that contains short single-pass reads of cDNA (transcript) sequences. dbEST can be searched directly through the Nucleotide EST Database. |
Expressed Sequence Tags; Genetics; Polymerase Chain Reaction |
Database |
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Database of Genome Survey Sequences (dbGSS)
A division of GenBank that contains short single-pass reads of genomic DNA. Can be searched directly through the Nucleotide GSS Database. |
Genomics |
Database |
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Database of Genomic Structural Variation (dbVar)
The dbVar database archives information associated with large scale genomic variation, including large insertions, deletions, translocations and inversions. dbVar also stores associations of defined variants with phenotype information. |
Genomics |
Database |
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Database of Genotype and Phenotype (dbGaP)
Data from genome wide association (GWA) studies, which aim to establish associations between genotype and phenotype information to elucidate the link between genes and disease. |
Genetics |
Datasets/XLS/CSV, FTP, Submission Systems |
Database |
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Database of Major Histocompatibility Complex (dbMHC)
An open, publicly accessible platform where the Human Leukocyte Antigen system (HLA) community can submit, edit, view, and exchange data related to the human Major Histocompatibility Complex. |
Genetics; Major Histocompatibility Complex |
FTP, Submission Systems |
Database |
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Database of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (dbSNP)
Includes single nucleotide polymorphisms, microsatellites, and small-scale insertions and deletions. Contains population-specific frequency and genotype data, as well as mapping information for both neutral polymorphisms and clinical mutations. |
Genetics; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide |
FTP, Submission Systems |
Database |
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Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Database (DART)
References to the teratology, developmental, and reproductive toxicology literature. |
Reproductive Medicine; Toxicology |
Database |
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Dietary Supplement Label Database
A free source of information, created via a collaboration of the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements with the National Library of Medicine, from the labels of dietary supplements marketed and sold in the United States. |
Dietary Supplements |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Database |
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Digital Collections
Online archive of biomedical resources including books and films. |
Catalogs, Library; History of Medicine |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
Database, Images, Reference |
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Digital Collections Web Service API
Provides access to metadata and full-text OCR of all resources in the Digital Collections repository in XML format. Developers can use the Web service to incorporate NLM historical monographs, films and other resources into their own applications. |
Catalogs, Library; History of Medicine |
API, Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
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Digital Differential Display
A tool for comparing EST profiles in order to identify genes with significantly different expression levels. |
Expressed Sequence Tags; Genetics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Database |
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Directory of History of Medicine Collections
Research, reference and interlibrary loan services. |
Catalogs, Library; History of Medicine |
Database, Reference |
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Disaster Information
The Disaster Information Management Research Center provides health information resource and informatics research related to disasters of natural, accidental, or deliberate origin. |
Disasters; Emergency Medicine; Environmental Health; Hazardous Substances |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Multilanguage, Reference, Special Interest, Training |
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Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health
Guide to freely available online disaster medicine and public health literature and related information. |
Disasters; Emergency Medicine; Environmental Health; Public Health |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Database, Reference, Special Interest, Training |
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DOCLINE
Interlibrary loan (ILL) request, routing, and referral system. |
Library Services |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
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Download MEDLINE/PubMed Data
NLM distributes MEDLINE/PubMed data in XML to individuals and organizations for use in accordance with NLM Terms and Conditions. |
Library Services; MEDLINE |
FTP |
Reference |
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Drug Information
Information about U.S. drugs. |
Pharmaceutical Preparations |
Reference |
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Drug Information Portal
Information for over 55,000 drugs. Names, usage, and structures are displayed, as well as search links to key NLM and government sites. |
Pharmaceutical Preparations |
Database |
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Drug Information Portal Mobile
A mobile interface to information for over 55,000 drugs. Names, usage, and structures are displayed, as well as search links to key NLM and government sites, using their mobile version when available. |
Pharmaceutical Preparations |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Database |
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E-Bench
Interactive tool that allows users to build E-utility URLs, view the raw output, and test in a simple environment before including in applications. |
Software |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Ebot
A tool that allows users to construct an E-utility analysis pipeline using an online form, and then generates a Perl script to execute the pipeline. |
Software |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Electronic PCR (e-PCR)
A computational procedure used to identify sequence tagged sites (STSs) within DNA sequences. |
Expressed Sequence Tags; Genetics; Polymerase Chain Reaction |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Embryo
Visually explore human embryo development with the Carnegie Embryo Collection mobile device. |
Anatomy; Embryology |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
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Entrez
Search the biomedical databases of the Entrez Molecular Biology System. |
Computational Biology |
Database |
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Entrez Programming Utilities
Tools that provide access to data within the NCBI Entrez system outside of the regular Web query interface. Entrez tasks are automated within applications and each specialized retrieval task can be used simply by writing a specially formatted URL. |
Computational Biology; Software |
API |
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Entrez Programming Utilities (E-Utilities) API
E-Utilities are a set of server-side APIs that provide access to searching, linking and downloading Entrez System data outside of the regular Web query interfaces. |
Computational Biology; Software |
API |
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Environmental Health and Toxicology Information
Portal to numerous NLM databases and resource in environmental health and toxicology. |
Environmental Health; Toxicology |
Database |
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Environmental Health Student Portal
Environmental Health education resources for middle school students and their teachers. |
Environmental Health; Toxicology |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Educators/Students, Training |
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Epigenomics
Note: The Epigenomics database, a public repository that archived genome-wide maps of DNA and histone modifications, was retired on June 1, 2016. All epigenomics data are available in our GEO resource. |
Computational Biology |
Database |
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FASTA BLAST Databases
Sequence databases in FASTA format for use with the stand-alone BLAST programs. These databases must be formatted using formatdb before they can be used with BLAST. |
Computational Biology |
FTP |
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FDA Notices of Judgment Collection
Archive of digitized court case summaries published between 1906-1965 for foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices seized by the FDA under the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. Gateway to the 2,400+ box collection of prosecution’s evidence files. |
Jurisprudence; Medicine |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
Database |
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Frequency-weighted Link (FLink)
FLink is a tool that enables you to link from a group of records in a source database to a ranked list of associated records in a destination database based on frequency-weighted statistics. |
Software |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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GenBank
NIH Genetic sequence database, an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences. |
Genetics |
FTP |
Database |
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GenBank: BankIt
A Web-based sequence submission tool for one or a few submissions to the GenBank database, designed to make the submission process quick and easy. |
Genetics |
Submission Systems |
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GenBank: Barcode
Tool for submission to the GenBank database of Barcode short nucleotide sequences from a standard genetic locus for use in species identification. |
Genetics |
Submission Systems |
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GenBank: Sequin
A stand-alone software tool developed by the NCBI for submitting and updating entries to public sequence databases (GenBank, EMBL, or DDBJ). For simple submission, use the online submission tool BankIt instead. |
Genetics |
Submission Systems |
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GenBank: tbl2asn
A command-line program that automates the creation of sequence records for submission to GenBank using many of the same functions as Sequin. It is used primarily for submission of complete genomes and large batches of sequences. |
Genetics; Software |
Submission Systems |
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Gene
Database of gene-specific information. Each record represents a single gene from a given organism and can include, as available, nomenclature, map, sequence, expression, structure, functional, and homology data. |
Genetics |
FTP |
Database |
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Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) BLAST
Tool for aligning a query sequence (nucleotide or protein) to GenBank sequences included on microarray or SAGE platforms in the GEO database. |
Genomics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) Database
A public functional genomics data repository supporting MIAME-compliant data submissions. Array- and sequence-based data are accepted and tools are provided to help users query and download experiments and curated gene expression profiles. |
Genomics |
Database |
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Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) Datasets
A component of the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) repository that contains submitter-supplied records (known as "GEO Series"), which summarize individual experiments, plus GEO DataSets that are assembled by GEO staff. |
Genomics |
FTP, Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Database |
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Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) Profiles
Individual gene expression and molecular abundance profiles assembled from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) repository. A Profile consists of the expression measurements for an individual gene across all Samples in a DataSet. |
Genomics |
FTP, Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Database |
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Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) Web Deposit
Submit expression data, such as microarray, SAGE or mass spectrometry datasets to the NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. |
Genomics; Software |
Submission Systems |
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Gene Plot
A tool for pairwise comparison of two prokaryotic genomes that displays pairs of protein homologs that are symmetrical best hits between the two genomes. |
Genomics; Proteomics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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GENE-TOX (Genetic Toxicology DataBank)
Mutagenicity test data on chemicals based on peer review of the scientific literature. |
Genetics; Toxicology |
Database |
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GeneED
Explore topics such as Cell Biology, DNA, Genes, Chromosomes, Heredity/Inheritance Patterns, Epigenetics/Inheritance and the Environment, Genetic Conditions, Evolution, Biostatistics, Biotechnology, DNA Forensics, and Top Issues in Genetics. |
Education; Genetics |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Educators/Students, Training |
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GeneRIF
GeneRIF provides a simple mechanism to allow scientists to add to the functional annotation of genes in the Gene database. |
Computational Biology; Genetics |
Submission Systems |
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Genes and Disease
Summary information for more than 80 genetic disorders with discussions of the underlying mutation(s) and clinical features, as well as links to related databases and organizations. |
Genetics |
Database |
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Genetic Codes
Displays the genetic codes for organisms in the Taxonomy database in tables and on a taxonomic tree. |
Genetics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Database |
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Genetic Testing Registry (GTR) [NOTE: replaces GeneTests]
A free, centralized voluntary registry of comprehensive genetic test information covering clinical and research tests for Mendelian disorders and drug responses including multigenic, array-based, biochemical, cytogenetic, and molecular tests. |
Genetics |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), FTP, Submission Systems |
Database |
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Genetics Home Reference
Genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes responsible. |
Genetics |
Reference |
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Genetics Home Reference API
Method for creating links or downloading Genetics Home Reference data in XML format. This service contains consumer information about genetic conditions, genes, and chromosome related to those conditions. |
Genetics |
API, Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC), Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Reference |
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Genome
Sequence and map data from the whole genomes of organisms. The genomes represent both completely sequenced organisms and those for which sequencing is in progress. |
Genomics |
FTP |
Database |
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Genome Mapping Data
Contains directories for each genome that include available mapping data for current and previous builds of that genome. |
Genomics |
FTP |
Reference |
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Genome Project
Searchable collection of complete and incomplete (in-progress) large-scale sequencing, assembly, annotation, and mapping projects for cellular organisms. The database provides an umbrella view of the status of each genome project. |
Genomics |
Submission Systems |
Database |
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Genome ProtMap
Maps each protein from a COG or VOG back to its genome, and displays all the genomic segments coding for members of this particular group of related proteins. |
Genomics; Proteomics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Genome Reference Consortium (GRC)
Maintains responsibility for the human and mouse reference genomes and works to correct misrepresented loci and to close remaining assembly gaps. Also seeks to provide alternate assemblies for complex or structurally variant genomic loci. |
Genomics |
Database |
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Genome Remapping Service
NCBI Remap tool allows users to project annotation data from one assembly to another through a base by base analysis. Options are provided to adjust the stringency of remapping, and summary results are displayed on the page. |
Genomics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Genome UniSTS
A comprehensive database of sequence tagged sites (STSs) derived from STS-based maps and other experiments. STSs are defined by PCR primer pairs and are associated with additional information, such as genomic position, genes, and sequences. |
Expressed Sequence Tags; Genomics |
FTP |
Database |
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Genome Workbench
An integrated application for viewing and analyzing sequence data. With Genome Workbench, you can view data in publically available sequence databases at NCBI, and mix these data with your own data. |
Genomics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Genomic Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)
This tool compares nucleotide or protein sequences to genomic sequence databases and calculates the statistical significance of matches. |
Genomics; Proteomics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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GenPept
The protein sequences corresponding to the translations of coding sequences (CDS) in GenBank are collected for each GenBank release..Please see the README file in the directory for more information. |
Genomics; Proteomics |
FTP |
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Haz-Map
Links jobs and hazardous tasks with occupational diseases and their symptoms. |
Hazardous Substances; Occupational Medicine; Toxicology |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Database |
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Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Comprehensive, peer-reviewed toxicology data for about 5,000 chemicals. |
Hazardous Substances; Toxicology |
Database |
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Health Data Standards and Privacy
NLM participation in activities relating to nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of health care. |
Medical Records; Terminology as Topic |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
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Health Hotlines
Toll-free telephone numbers for various health-related services. Also available as a database, ePub and pdf. |
Health Services; Hotlines |
Database, Multilanguage |
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Health Hotlines Mobile
Mobile access to the directory of organizations with toll-free telephone numbers. |
Health Services; Hotlines |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Database, Multilanguage |
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Health Services and Sciences Research Resources (HSRR)
Research datasets and instruments/indices. |
Health Services Research |
Database |
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Health Services Research & Health Care Technology
Resources relating to access, cost, and quality issues in healthcare. |
Health Services Research |
Database, Training |
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Health Services Research Information Central
A health services research information portal. |
Health Services Research |
Reference |
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Health Services Research Projects (HSRProj)
Ongoing grants and contracts in health services research. |
Health Services Research |
Database |
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Health Services Technology Assessment Texts (HSTAT)
Full-text documents providing health information and supporting health care decision making. |
Health Services Research |
Database |
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HealthReach
Multilingual and multicultural health information for those working with or providing care to individuals with limited English proficiency. |
Public Health; Refugees |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Database, Multilanguage, Special Interest |
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Healthy People 2020 Structured Evidence Queries
One-click PubMed search strategies related to Healthy People 2020 public health objectives. |
Health Services Research; Public Health |
Reference, Special Interest |
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History of Medicine
Exhibitions, historical scholarship, and images in medicine. |
History of Medicine |
Educators/Students, Images, Reference |
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History of Medicine Finding Aids
HMD Finding Aids is the central access point for electronic finding aids provided by the Archives and Modern Manuscripts and Prints and Photographs collections. XML is available via this list: http://oculus.nlm.nih.gov/f/findaid/harvest/list.html. |
History of Medicine |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
Database, Images, Reference |
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HIV-1, Human Protein Interaction Database
Information about known interactions of HIV-1 proteins with proteins from human hosts. It provides annotated bibliographies of published reports of protein interactions, with links to the corresponding PubMed records and sequence data. |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Proteomics; Virology |
Database |
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HomoloGene
System for automated detection of homologs among the annotated genes of several completely sequenced eukaryotic genomes. |
Genomics |
FTP |
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Household Products Database
Health and safety information on household products. |
Household Products; Toxicology |
Database |
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Images from the History of Medicine
Images in the prints and photograph collection of the History of Medicine Division (HMD). |
History of Medicine |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
Database, Images |
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IndexCat
User interface that 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. XML data are available for download. |
Catalogs, Library; History of Medicine |
Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
Database |
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Influenza Virus Resource
Provides researchers with a growing collection of virus sequences essential to the identification of the genetic determinants of influenza pathogenicity. |
Virology |
FTP |
Database |
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Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
Hazard identification and dose-response assessments on chemicals. |
Environmental Health; Hazardous Substances; Toxicology |
Database |
||||
Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary loan services are available only to libraries. |
Library Services |
Reference |
||||
International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER)
Risk information on chemicals from several authoritative organizations worldwide. |
Environmental Health; Hazardous Substances; Toxicology |
Database |
||||
Journals in NCBI Databases
Look up journals cited in NCBI databases, including PubMed. |
Library Services |
FTP |
Database |
|||
LactMed (Drugs and Lactation Database)
Find information about maternal and infant drug levels, possible effects on lactation and on breastfed infants, and alternative drugs to consider. |
Obstetrics; Toxicology; Women's Health |
Database, Special Interest |
||||
LactMed Mobile App for iPhone/iPod Touch/Android Devices
Find information about maternal and infant drug levels, possible effects on lactation and on breastfed infants, and alternative drugs to consider. Mobile version |
Obstetrics; Toxicology; Women's Health |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Database, Special Interest |
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Learning Resources API
The REST API provides identifiers to allow the user to search by title, subject, and description. This returns the information in JSON allowing Web pages to parse and display the information for end users. |
Education |
API |
Database, Training |
|||
Learning Resources Database
The Learning Resources Database collects educational materials created by NLM. These materials include videos, tutorials, webinars, and other resources that provide user education on NLM products and services. |
Education |
Database, Training |
||||
LinkOut
Third parties can link directly from PubMed and other Entrez database records to relevant Web-accessible resources beyond the Entrez system. Includes full-text publications, biological databases, consumer health information and research tools. |
Library Services |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
List of Serials Indexed for Online Users
Bibliographic information for serials indexed in MEDLINE (available in XML). |
Library Services |
Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC), FTP |
||||
LiverTox
Provides up-to-date, accurate, and easily accessed information on the diagnosis, cause, frequency, patterns, and management of liver injury attributable to prescription and nonprescription medications, herbals and dietary supplements. |
Gastroenterology; Toxicology |
Database |
||||
Loansome Doc
Enables PubMed and NLM Gateway users to order documents found in MEDLINE. |
Library Services |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
||||
LocatorPlus
Catalog of books, journals, and audiovisuals with holdings, availability, MARC 21, and more. |
Library Services |
Database |
||||
Malaria Research Resources
Supports African scientists and malaria researchers. |
Malaria |
Special Interest |
||||
Map Viewer
A software component of the Genome database that provides special browsing capabilities for a subset of organisms. View and search an organism's complete genome, display chromosome maps, and narrow down to the sequence data for a region of interest. |
Genomics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
Martin Cummings and the NLM
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. |
History of Medicine; Libraries |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
Database, Reference |
|||
MedGen
A portal to information about medical genetics. MedGen includes term lists from multiple sources and organizes them into concept groupings and hierarchies. |
Genetics |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), FTP |
Database |
|||
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Controlled vocabulary thesaurus and MeSH Browser. |
Medicine; Terminology as Topic |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
Database |
|||
Medical Text Indexer (MTI)
A system for producing indexing recommendations to assist in the indexing process at NLM. Currently provides indexing recommendations to more than 100 journals based on the NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) vocabulary. |
Medical Informatics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
MEDLINE/PubMed
References including abstracts to articles in thousands of biomedical journals. |
MEDLINE; PubMed |
Database |
||||
MEDLINE/PubMed Baseline Repository (MBR)
Resources related to the annual baseline files. Includes a query tool for Web-based searching for use by NLM registered MEDLINE/PubMed licensees. |
MEDLINE; PubMed |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Database |
|||
MedlinePlus
Health information for patients, families and health care providers. Also in Spanish. |
MEDLINE |
Database, Multilanguage |
||||
MedlinePlus Connect
A free service that allows electronic health record (EHR) systems to link to relevant and authoritative health information from MedlinePlus. |
MEDLINE |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
MedlinePlus Connect API
Web application that responds to requests with an on-demand, formatted MedlinePlus Connect Web Service in which a patient portal or EHR selects which MedlinePlus links and information to provide from within the system. |
MEDLINE |
API |
||||
MedlinePlus en Español
Health information for patients, families and health care providers in Spanish. |
MEDLINE |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Database, Multilanguage |
|||
MedlinePlus English Widgets and Buttons
MedlinePlus makes trusted, reliable health information easily accessible in a variety of formats, including widgets and buttons. This resource allows the user to embed widgets and buttons on a Web site. |
MEDLINE |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
||||
MedlinePlus Health Topic XML Files
The MedlinePlus Health Topic XML files contain records for all English and Spanish health topics. Each health topic record includes data elements associated with that topic and are available for download. |
MEDLINE |
Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
Multilanguage |
|||
MedlinePlus Health Topics API
Provides access to health topic data in XML format. The service accepts keyword searches as requests and returns links to relevant English-language health topics in ranked order. |
MEDLINE |
API |
||||
MedlinePlus Spanish Widgets and Buttons
MedlinePlus makes trusted, reliable health information easily accessible in a variety of formats, including widgets and buttons. This resource allows the user to embed widgets and buttons on a Web site in Spanish. |
MEDLINE |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Multilanguage |
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MedPix
MedPix is a database of patient cases integrating images and textual information. The content material is organized by disease location (organ system), pathology category, patient profiles, and by image classification and caption. |
Education; Medicine |
Datasets/XLS/CSV |
Database, Images, Reference, Training |
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MeSH Browser
Medical Subject Heading search tool. |
Medicine; Terminology as Topic |
Database, Reference |
||||
MeSH Database
NLM controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles for MEDLINE/PubMed. MeSH terminology provides a consistent way to retrieve information that may use different wording for the same concepts. |
Medicine; Terminology as Topic |
Database, Reference |
||||
MeSH on Demand
MeSH on Demand identifies MeSH Terms in your text using the NLM Medical Text Indexer (MTI) program. After processing, MeSH on Demand returns a list of MeSH Terms relevant to your text. |
Medical Informatics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
MeSH RDF Beta
Medical Subject Headings(MeSH) linked data. Includes a SPARQL endpoint, RESTful interface and bulk download of MeSH RDF data. |
Medicine; Terminology as Topic |
API, Datasets/XLS/CSV, Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC), FTP |
Database, Reference |
|||
MetaMap
Highly configurable program to map biomedical text to the UMLS Metathesaurus or, equivalently, to discover Metathesaurus concepts referred to in text. |
Medicine; Terminology as Topic |
Datasets/XLS/CSV |
||||
MetaMap API
The MetaMap Java API and the MetaMap UIMA Annotator allow users to access MetaMap directly through their Java-based application(s). |
Medicine; Terminology as Topic |
API |
||||
Mobile Resources
NLM projects involving Web sites and resources designed for mobile devices. |
Medicine |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
||||
Molecular Biology
Molecular biology, computational biology and related software tools. |
Molecular Biology |
FTP |
||||
National Drug File - Reference Terminology API
Provides clinical information about medications, including therapeutic intent, mechanism of action, physiologic effect and drug-drug interactions. Two NDF-RT APIs (SOAP/WSDL and RESTful) are available for retrieving NDF-RT data. |
Pharmaceutical Preparations; Terminology as Topic |
API |
||||
NCBI C++ Toolkit Manual
A comprehensive manual on the NCBI C++ toolkit, including its design and development framework, a C++ library reference, software examples and demos, FAQs and release notes. It is searchable online and can be downloaded as a series of PDF documents. |
Computational Biology; Software |
Database |
||||
NCBI Data Specifications
Specifications for NCBI data in ASN.1 or DTD format. The “NCBI_data_conversion.html” links to the conversion tool. |
Computational Biology; Software |
FTP |
||||
NCBI Education Page
Links to tutorials and training materials, including PowerPoint slides and print handouts. |
Computational Biology; Education |
Database, Training |
||||
NCBI Field Guide Manual
Downloadable material for previously offered NCBI Field Guide training course. |
Computational Biology |
FTP |
Training |
|||
NCBI Glossary
Part of the NCBI Handbook, this glossary contains descriptions of NCBI tools and acronyms, bioinformatics terms and data representation formats. |
Computational Biology; Terminology as Topic |
Database, Reference |
||||
NCBI Handbook
An extensive collection of articles about NCBI databases and software. |
Computational Biology |
Database, Reference |
||||
NCBI Help Manual
Accessed through the NCBI Bookshelf, the Help Manual contains documentation for many NCBI resources, including PubMed, PubMed Central, the Entrez system, Gene, SNP and LinkOut. All chapters can be downloaded in PDF format. |
Computational Biology |
Database, Reference |
||||
NCBI News
Monthly newsletter provides information on new and updated databases, and software services. Articles highlight and demonstrate services, features, tools, and interesting data with practical examples of their use. |
Computational Biology |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
NCBI Structure Course Materials
PowerPoint slides, handouts and exercises for the previously offered NCBI course "Exploring 3D Molecular Structures". |
Computational Biology |
FTP |
Training |
|||
NCBI Toolbox
A set of software and data exchange specifications used by NCBI to produce portable, modular software for molecular biology. Primarily designed to read records in Abstract Syntax Notation 1 (ASN.1) format, an International Standards Organization (ISO) data representation format. |
Computational Biology |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
NCBI Website Search
A database of static NCBI Web pages, documentation, and online tools. Includes specialized online sequence analysis tools, back issues of newsletters, legacy resource description pages, sample code, and other miscellaneous resources. |
Computational Biology |
Database |
||||
NICHSR ONESearch (Beta)
A search platform enables users to access all of NICHSR (National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology) databases and Web portals (HSRProj, HSRR, HSRIC and PHPartners) for health services research and public health. |
Health Services Research; Public Health |
Database |
||||
NIH Common Data Elements (CDE) Repository
The NIH Common Data Elements (CDE) Repository has been designed to provide access to structured human and machine-readable definitions of data elements that have been recommended or required by NIH Institutes and Centers and other organizations for use in research and for other purposes. |
Common Data Elements; Medical Informatics; Technology |
API |
Database |
|||
NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS)
The NIH Public Access Policy requests that researchers funded by NIH submit their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts, which have been accepted for publication, to PubMed Central. |
Library Services |
Submission Systems |
||||
NIH Public Access
The NIH Public Access Policy ensures that the public has access to the published results of NIH-funded research. The NIH Manuscript Submission System is a mechanism for authors to deposit their NIH-funded manuscripts. |
Library Services |
Database, Reference |
||||
NIHSeniorHealth
Easily-accessible age-related health information. |
Geriatrics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
NLM Catalog
An alternate way to search books, journals, audiovisuals, electronic, and other materials with links to LocatorPlus holdings and availability. |
Catalogs, Library |
Database |
||||
NLM Classification
Medical library classification and index tool for the arrangement of library materials. |
Libraries; Terminology as Topic |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
Database, Training |
|||
NLM DTDs
A Suite of tag sets for authoring and archiving journal articles. Provides a set of XML schema modules that define elements and attributes for describing the textual and graphical content of journal articles as well as some non-article materials. |
Libraries; Software |
FTP |
||||
NLM Gateway
Search multiple retrieval systems. |
Library Services |
Database |
||||
NLM Native Voices Mobile App for iPad
This is the official app for the popular Native Voices: Native Concepts of Health and Illness exhibition at the National Library of Medicine. |
Ethnic Groups; Libraries; Public Health |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Special Interest |
|||
NLM Technical Bulletin
Web-based newsletter for NLM online searchers. |
Libraries |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
||||
Nucleotide
Contains nucleotide sequence data from organisms. Includes data from a number of sources databases such as GenBank, RefSeq, TPA, and PDB. |
Biochemistry; Nucleotides |
FTP, Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Database |
|||
Nursing Resources for Standards and Interoperability
A nursing terminologies resource for systems development. Describes the role of SNOMED CT and Laboratory Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) in implementing Meaningful Use in the U.S., specifically for the nursing and care domain. |
Nursing |
Reference, Special Interest |
||||
OLDMEDLINE Data
References to biomedical journal articles 1947 through 1965. |
MEDLINE |
Database, Reference |
||||
OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man)
Comprehensive, authoritative, and timely compendium of human genes and genetic phenotypes. |
Genetics |
FTP |
Database |
|||
Online Exhibitions and Digital Projects
Enhancing the public and scholarly awareness and appreciation of National Library of Medicine collections. |
Libraries; Medicine |
Database |
||||
Online Oral Histories
History of Medicine Division's XML-encoded online oral histories provide access to a wealth of digitized transcripts, and audio when available. |
History of Medicine |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Database, Reference |
|||
Open Reading Frame Finder (ORF Finder)
A graphical analysis tool that finds all open reading frames in a user's sequence or in a sequence already in the database. |
Genetics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
Open-i
Open-i service provides search and retrieval of abstracts and images (including charts, graphs, clinical images, etc.) from the open source literature, and biomedical image collections. Searching may be done by text queries as well as by query images. |
Education; Medical Informatics; PubMed |
API, Datasets/XLS/CSV, Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
Database, Images, Reference, Training |
|||
OSIRIS
A public domain quality assurance software package that facilitates the assessment of multiplex short tandem repeat (STR) DNA profiles based on laboratory-specific protocols. |
Genetics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
Outreach Resources and Activites
Population specific Web-based resources. |
Ethnic Groups; Public Health |
Educators/Students, Special Interest |
||||
Pathways for Public Health Information
Guides to Web resources on environmental health and toxicology, disasters, chemicals, drugs, and special populations. |
Disasters; Environmental Health; Ethnic Groups; Public Health |
Reference, Special Interest |
||||
Physician’s Lives in the Shenandoah Valley
XML-encoded transcriptions and images of 828 handwritten letters (1786-1907) from the History of Medicine's Henkel Family correspondence collection; comprised largely of letters to and from Caspar C. Henkel (1835-1908). |
History of Medicine |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
Database, Images, Reference |
|||
Pillbox
Pillbox enables rapid identification of unknown solid-dosage medications (tablets/capsules) based on physical characteristics and high-resolution images. |
Pharmaceutical Preparations; Software |
Datasets/XLS/CSV, Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC), Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Database, Images |
|||
Pillbox beta API
Provides access to the pharmaceutical identification and reference system, data, and medication images. |
Pharmaceutical Preparations |
API |
||||
PMC Open Access Web Service
The service allows users to discover downloadable resources from the PMC Open Access Subset by providing an API to allow discovery of resources related to articles. |
Library Services; PubMed |
API |
||||
PMC Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) Service
Provides access to metadata of all items in the PMC archive, and the full text of a subset of these items. PMC-OAI is an implementation of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. |
Library Services; PubMed |
API |
||||
PopSet
Sets of DNA sequences that have been collected to analyze the evolutionary relatedness of a population. |
Genetics |
FTP, Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Database |
|||
Practice Guidelines
Full-text documents providing health information and supporting health care decision making. |
Health Services Research |
Database |
||||
Primer-BLAST
The Primer-BLAST tool uses Primer3 to design PCR primers to a sequence template. The potential products are then automatically analyzed with a BLAST search against user specified databases, to check the specificity to the target intended. |
Computational Biology |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
Probe
A public registry of nucleic acid reagents designed for use in a wide variety of biomedical research applications, together with information on reagent distributors, probe effectiveness, and computed sequence similarities. |
Chemistry; Molecular Probes |
FTP |
Database |
|||
Profiles in Science
Archival collections of leaders in biomedical research and public health. |
History of Medicine; Public Health; Science |
Special Interest |
||||
Profiles in Science API
Archival collections of leaders in biomedical research and public health. Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) Service provides access to the Dublin Core metadata of items in archival collections. |
History of Medicine; Public Health; Science |
API |
Special Interest |
|||
ProSplign
A utility for computing alignment of proteins to genomic nucleotide sequence based on a variation of the Needleman Wunsch global alignment algorithm and specifically accounts for introns and splice signals. |
Proteomics; Software |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
Protein
Contains protein sequences from organisms. Includes data from a number of source databases such as GenPept (translations from annotated coding regions in GenBank), RefSeq, SwissProt, PIR, PRF, and PDB. |
Proteomics |
FTP, Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Database |
|||
Protein Clusters
A collection of Reference Sequence (RefSeq) proteins, from the complete genomes of prokaryotes, plasmids, and organelles, that have been grouped and annotated based on sequence similarity and protein function. |
Proteomics |
FTP, Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Database |
|||
PSSM Viewer
Users can display, sort, subset and download position-specific score matrices (PSSMs) either from CDD records or from Position Specific Iterated (PSI)-BLAST protein searches. |
Computational Biology; Proteomics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
PubChem
PubChem is organized as three linked databases (PubChem Substance, PubChem Compound, PubChem BioAssay) within the Entrez system. Links from PubChem's chemical structure records to other Entrez databases provide information on biological properties. |
Chemistry |
FTP |
||||
PubChem BioAssay
Contains bioactivity screens of chemical substances described in PubChem Substance. It provides searchable descriptions of each bioassay, including descriptions of the conditions and readouts specific to that screening procedure. |
Biochemistry; Biological Assay |
Database |
||||
PubChem Compound
Derived from PubChem Substance this NCBI database provides a non-redundant view of the chemically validated substances in PubChem Substance. There is one PubChem Compound record for each unique substance, and for each unique substance component. |
Chemistry |
Database |
||||
PubChem Deposition Gateway
Use this site to contribute new data to PubChem and/or test data upload procedures. Create a test account to test the deposition procedures and to preview data records then move on to a deposition account to upload data to the public database. |
Chemistry |
Submission Systems |
||||
PubChem Download Service
This service allows users to download compound or substance records corresponding to a set of PubChem identifiers, which can be supplied manually or through a text file. Numerous download formats are available, including SDF, XML and SMILES. |
Chemistry; Library Services |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
Images |
|||
PubChem Power User Gateway (PUG)
The PubChem Power User Gateway (PUG) provides access to PubChem services via a programmatic interface for retrieving information on the biological activities of small molecules. PUG provides access to these PubChem services: Data Download (substance and compound), Compound Structure Search, BioAssay Data Download and Structure Standardization. |
Chemistry; Library Services |
API |
||||
PubChem Standardization Service
Standardization, in PubChem terminology, is the processing of chemical structures in the same way used to create PubChem Compound records from contributors' original structures. Users can see how PubChem handles structures they would like to submit. |
Chemistry; Library Services |
Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC), Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
PubChem Structure Search
PubChem Structure Search allows the PubChem Compound Database to be queried by chemical structure or chemical structure pattern. The PubChem Sketcher allows a query to be drawn manually. |
Chemistry |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
PubChem Substance
Chemical substance information electronically submitted to PubChem by depositors. This includes any chemical structure information submitted, as well as chemical names, comments, and links to the depositor's Web site. |
Chemistry |
Database |
||||
Public Health Partners
Information access for the public health workforce. |
Public Health |
|||||
PubMed
PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher Web sites. |
PubMed |
Database |
||||
PubMed Central (PMC)
Free digital archive of full text biomedical and life sciences journal literature. |
PubMed |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), FTP |
Database |
|||
PubMed Central Open-Access Subset
This small subset of articles in PMC are made available under a Creative Commons or similar license that generally allows more liberal redistribution and reuse than a traditional copyright. Refer to the license statement in each article for details. |
PubMed |
FTP |
||||
PubMed Clinical Queries
A specialized PubMed search form targeted to clinicians and health services researchers. The page simplifies searching by clinical study category, finding systematic reviews and searching the medical genetics literature. |
Public Health; PubMed |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Reference |
|||
PubMed for Handhelds
Search MEDLINE with the Web browser of any mobile device. |
PubMed |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
||||
PubMed Health
A service that specializes in reviews of clinical effectiveness research (CER), with easy-to-read summaries for consumers as well as full technical reports. CER finds answers to the question “What works?” in medical and health care. |
Public Health; PubMed |
Database |
||||
PubMed Mobile
A simplified mobile friendly Web interface to access PubMed which includes over 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. |
PubMed |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Database |
|||
PubMed Special Queries
Directory of topic-specific PubMed queries including AIDS, Bioethics, Cancer, Space Life Sciences as well as Clinical Queries along with many other search strategies. |
Public Health; PubMed |
Database, Reference |
||||
PubMed Tutorial
The NLM comprehensive tutorial on PubMed scope, content and features, including an in-depth explanation of PubMed Automatic Term Mapping (ATM). |
PubMed |
Training |
||||
Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM)
Designed for health care providers, primarily physicians, without formal expertise in radiation safety or radiation medicine who may provide medical care during an accidental or non-accidental radiation event. |
Disasters; Emergency Medicine; Environmental Health; Hazardous Substances |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Database, Reference, Special Interest, Training |
|||
Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM) Mobile
Guidance for health care providers on the diagnosis and treatment of radiation injuries during radiation and nuclear emergencies via a mobile app. |
Disasters; Emergency Medicine; Environmental Health; Hazardous Substances |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Database, Reference, Special Interest, Training |
|||
Reference Sequence (RefSeq)
A collection of curated, non-redundant genomic DNA, transcript (RNA), and protein sequences produced by NCBI. Provides a stable reference for genome annotation, gene identification and characterization, and comparative analysis. |
Computational Biology; Genetics |
FTP |
Database |
|||
RefSeqGene
RefSeqGene, a subset of NCBI's Reference Sequence (RefSeq) project, defines genomic sequences to be used as reference standards for well-characterized genes. These sequences, are labeled with the keyword RefSeqGene in NCBI's nucleotide database. |
Computational Biology; Genetics |
Database |
||||
Related Structures
The Related Structures tool allows users to find 3D structures from the Molecular Modeling Database (MMDB) that are similar in sequence to a query protein. |
Proteomics |
FTP, Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives: By Organization
A chart of the major biomedical research reporting guidelines that provide advice for reporting research methods and findings. |
Library Services |
Reference |
||||
Retrovirus Resources
A collection of resources designed to support the research of retroviruses, including a genotyping tool, alignment tool for global alignment of multiple sequences, a HIV-1 automatic sequence annotation tool, and annotated maps of many retroviruses. |
Virology |
Database |
||||
ReUnite
A post-disaster family reunification technology. In addition to basic missing person data, it allows image capture, metadata tagging, geo-location, text and voice notes, and support for French and Spanish languages. Available from Apple iTunes. |
Disasters |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Multilanguage |
|||
RxMix
An interface for building applications that allows users to combine functions of the RxNorm, RxTerms, and NDF-RT APIs. |
Pharmaceutical Preparations; Software |
API |
||||
RxNorm
A standardized nomenclature for clinical drugs. |
Pharmaceutical Preparations; Terminology as Topic |
Datasets/XLS/CSV |
||||
RxNorm API
Provide developers with functions for retrieving RxNorm data from the most current RxNorm data set. |
Pharmaceutical Preparations; Terminology as Topic |
API |
||||
RxTerms API
RxTerms is a drug interface terminology derived from RxNorm for prescription writing or medication history recording. There are two RxTerms APIs (SOAP/WSDL and RESTful) available to provide developers with functions for retrieving RxTerms data. |
Pharmaceutical Preparations; Terminology as Topic |
API |
||||
SARS CoV
A summary of data for the SARS coronavirus (CoV), including: links to the most recent sequence data and publications, links to other SARS related resources, and a pre-computed alignment of genome sequences from various isolates. |
Virology |
Database |
||||
Semantic Knowledge Representation (SKR) API
Provides access to the entire suite of SKR tools including MetaMap, Medical Text Indexer (MTI), and SemRep, and allows programmatic access to the SKR Batch and Interactive facilities. |
Computational Biology; Terminology as Topic |
API |
||||
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (dbSNP)
Database of single nucleotide polymorphisms (dbSNP), small-scale insertions/deletions, polymorphic repetitive elements, and microsatellite variation. |
Genetics; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide |
Datasets/XLS/CSV, FTP, Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
SKY/M-Fish and CGH Data
SKY-CGH data in ASN.1, XML and EasySKYCGH formats. |
Software |
Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC), FTP |
Database |
|||
SNP Database Specialized Search Tools
Search by genotype, method, population, submitter, markers and sequence similarity. |
Genetics; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide |
Submission Systems, Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
Social Media
Follow, Fan and Connect with NLM. |
Social Media |
|||||
Splign
Compute cDNA-to-Genomic sequence alignments. |
Computational Biology; Genetics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
||||
Structure (Molecular Modeling Database)
General information about the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Structure Group and its research projects, as well as access to the Molecular Modeling Database (MMDB) and related tools. |
Molecular Biology |
FTP |
Database |
|||
Structured Abstracts
Information about abstracts with distinct, labeled sections (e.g., Introduction, Methods, Results, discussion) that appear in MEDLINE. |
Library Services; MEDLINE |
Datasets/XLS/CSV, Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
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Taxonomy
Contains the names and lineages of organisms, both living and extinct, that are represented in the genetic databases with at least one nucleotide or protein sequence. New organisms are added to the database as sequence data are deposited for them. |
Biology; Classification |
FTP |
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Taxonomy Browser
Search the taxonomy tree using partial taxonomic names, common names, wild cards and phonetically similar names. |
Biology; Classification |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Taxonomy Common Tree
Generates a taxonomic tree for a selected group of organisms. Users can upload a file of taxonomy IDs or names, or they can enter names or IDs directly. |
Biology; Classification |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Taxonomy Statistics
Displays the number of taxonomic nodes in the database for a given rank and date of inclusion. |
Biology; Classification |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Taxonomy Status Reports
Displays the current status of a set of taxonomic nodes or IDs. |
Biology; Classification |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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TaxPlot
A tool for comparing genomes on the basis of the protein sequences they encode. |
Genomics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Third Party Annotation (TPA) Database
A database that contains sequences built from the existing primary sequence data in GenBank. The sequences and corresponding annotations are experimentally supported and have been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. |
Computational Biology; Genetics |
Database |
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Tox Town
Interactive guide to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks. Also in Spanish (ToxTown en español). |
Environmental Health; Toxicology |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Educators/Students, Multilanguage, Training |
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Toxicology Literature Online (TOXLINE)
Over 3 million references to the toxicological literature. |
Environmental Health; Toxicology |
Database |
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Toxicology Tutorials
College-level tutorials on the basic principles of toxicology, toxicokinetics, and cellular toxicology. |
Toxicology |
Educators/Students, Training |
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Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Annual estimated releases of toxic chemicals into the environment by industrial facilities in the United States. |
Environmental Health; Toxicology |
Database |
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TOXMAP
Uses maps of the United States to show the amount and location of toxic chemicals released into the environment. |
Environmental Health; Toxicology |
Database, Educators/Students, Training |
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ToxMystery
Interactive learning site on toxic substances for children 7-10 years old. |
Environmental Health; Toxicology |
Educators/Students, Multilanguage, Training |
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TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network )
A cluster of databases covering toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and related areas. |
Environmental Health; Toxicology |
Database |
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TOXNET API
TOXNET API offers a RESTful Web Service API that allows users to search TOXNET databases with keywords. |
Environmental Health; Toxicology |
API |
Database |
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TOXNET Mobile
Easy to use, mobile-optimized Web interface to the TOXNET databases, covering toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and related areas. |
Environmental Health; Toxicology |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Database |
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Turning the Pages
Digitized images of rare and beautiful historic books in the biomedical sciences. |
History of Medicine |
Images, Multilanguage |
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Turning the Pages Mobile
Explore beautiful historical medical texts with this app for your iPad. Manuscripts come from a variety of regions and eras, from the Islamic medieval world to 19th century Japan to Renaissance Europe. |
History of Medicine |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Images, Multilanguage |
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Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)
Database of biomedical vocabularies (including SNOMED CT), and related semantic and lexical resource for system developers. |
Medicine; Terminology as Topic |
Datasets/XLS/CSV |
Database |
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Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Terminology Services API
Intended for application developers to perform Web service calls and retrieve UMLS data within their own applications. Documentation provides a suite of Web Services Description Language (WSDL) files, API installation instructions, and sample code. |
Medicine; Terminology as Topic |
API |
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UniGene
An automated analytical system for producing organized views of the transcriptome from a growing number of organisms. |
Computational Biology; Genetics; Library Services |
FTP |
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UniSTS
A unified, non-redundant view of sequence tagged sites (STSs). UniSTS integrates marker and mapping data from a variety of public resource. |
Expressed Sequence Tags; Genetics |
FTP |
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UniVec
UniVec and UniVec_Core databases in FASTA format. |
Computational Biology |
FTP |
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Value Set Authority Center (VSAC)
VSAC provides access to value sets contained in the 2014 Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs). VSAC will expand to incorporate value sets for other use cases, such as public health and clinical effectiveness research. |
Medicine; Terminology as Topic |
API, Datasets/XLS/CSV, Encoded Data (e.g. HTML, XML, MARC) |
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VecScreen
Quickly identifying segments of a nucleic acid sequence that may be of vector origin. |
Genetics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Vector Alignment Search Tool (VAST)
A computer algorithm that identifies similar protein 3-dimensional structures. Structure neighbors for every structure in MMDB are pre-computed and accessible via links on the MMDB Structure Summary pages. |
Proteomics |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Viral Genomes
Curated sequence data and related information for the community. |
Genomics; Virology |
Database |
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Viral Genotyping Tool
This tool helps identify the genotype of a viral sequence. |
Genetics; Virology |
Utilities/Tools/EXE |
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Virus Variation
Extension of the Influenza Virus Resource to other organisms, providing an interface to download sequence sets of selected viruses; analysis tools, including virus-specific BLAST pages; and genome annotation pipelines (in progress). |
Genetics; Virology |
Database |
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Visible Human Project
Three-dimensional representations of the human male and female bodies. |
Anatomy |
Datasets/XLS/CSV, Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF) |
Database, Images |
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Voyager
Client/server protocol for fielded search and retrieval of MARC bibliographic records from the NLM integrated library system (ILS). Retrieve in MARC-8 or UTF-8 character encodings. |
Library Services |
API |
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Water Emergency Response for Libraries
Steps on what you should do after a water emergency in your library or cultural heritage institution. |
Disasters; Libraries |
Mobile/Apps/Widgets |
Reference |
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Whole Genome Shotgun Sequences
Whole genome shotgun sequence data organized by the 4-digit project code. Data include GenBank and GenPept flat files, quality scores and summary statistics. |
Computational Biology; Genomics |
FTP |
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Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER)
Assists first responders in hazardous material incidents. |
Disasters; Emergency Medicine; Environmental Health; Hazardous Substances |
Downloadable Files (e.g. TXT, PDF), Mobile/Apps/Widgets, Utilities/Tools/EXE |
Database, Reference, Special Interest, Training |
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