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2011 JULY–AUGUST No. 381
August 25, 2011 [posted]

NLM Databases, Resources & APIs

The NLM® released the Databases, Resources & APIs page (formerly the NLM Databases & Electronic Resources page) with a new look. The page can be accessed from the "All NLM Databases & APIs" links on the NLM homepage (see Figure 1).

Screen capture of NLM Databases, Resources & APIs Web page.
Figure 1: Access from the "All NLM Databases & APIs" link on the NLM homepage.

The "Databases, Resources & APIs" page provides one place to find all NLM electronic resources including datasets, biomedical databases, application programming interfaces (APIs), Web-based and mobile applications, and hyperlinks to informational tools (see Figure 2).

Screen capture of NLM Databases, Resources & APIs Web page.
Figure 2: NLM Databases, Resources & APIs homepage.

Searching

Enter terms or key concepts in the search box. To filter your search by subcategory select one of the checkboxes (see Figure 3) or search by filters alone (see Figure 4).

Filters are broken down into three categories:


Within the categories are the subcategories below.

Data/Tools Information Resources Communication
API Database E-mail, Listserv, GovDelivery, RSS
Datasets, XLS, CSV Multilanguage Multimedia
Downloadable Files (TXT, PDF, Images) Reference Web 2.0
FTP Special Interest  
HTML, XML, MARC Training  
Mobile, Apps, Widgets    
Submission Systems    
Utilities, Tools, EXE    


Screen capture of search with MeSH term chemistry and the API filter.
Figure 3: Search results for "chemistry" and the API filter.


Screen capture of search with MeSH term chemistry and the API filter.
Figure 4: Search results for the filter Mobile, Apps, Widgets.

By Mary Herron
MEDLARS Management Section
and
Torri Kellough
MEDLARS Management Section

Herron M, Kellough T. NLM Databases, Resources & APIs. NLM Tech Bull. 2011 Jul-Aug;(381):e13.

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