Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Here’s how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

This is a preview of updates coming to the Technical Bulletin's website in April 2026. Return to current site.
Read more about the modernization release schedule in this announcement.
Comment via the yellow feedback button in the lower right hand corner of the page. Contact the NLM Help Desk with any questions or concerns.

This is archived content.

Links may have become inactive over time. Visit Archive-It   to find the original published layout.

NLM Databases, Resources & APIs

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

August 25, 2011 [posted]

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:

  • Data/Tools
  • Information Resources
  • Communication

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.