| The National Library of Medicine (NLM) helps you find | | | | The Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical |
| answers to all your health care questions. The NLM's | | | | Communications (LHNCBC) along with NCBI carries |
| medical library collection has more than 8 million | | | | out the research and development for NLM. They |
| books, photographs, microfilms, journals and other | | | | explore the use of computers, communications and |
| items. It's a resource for health care, biomedicine, and | | | | audiovisual technologies to improve biomedical |
| the humanities, technology and science as it they | | | | information. NLM is a valuable resource for the publics |
| relate to biomedicine. NLM offers a website call | | | | health information needs. |
| MedlinePlus that is one service of the NLM to direct | | | | Another interesting institute in United States is the |
| you to the information to help answer health | | | | Institute of Medicine (IOM). It's one of the United |
| questions. This website also has extensive | | | | States national academies that chartered in 1970. It's |
| information about drugs, an illustrated medical | | | | also a non profit making and non government |
| encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest | | | | organization. The objective of this institute is to give |
| health news. NLM is located on the campus of the | | | | advice on medicine, biomedicine issues and health. |
| national institutes of health in Bethesda in Maryland | | | | The members of this IOM are selected based on |
| and it's the largest medical library in the world. There | | | | their background like professional ability and |
| are the rarest medical works and the oldest medical | | | | achievements. IOM works in a several categories |
| history collections inside this library. The library offers | | | | such as mental health, aging, women's health, |
| a reading room for convenience or items can be | | | | children's health. It also includes other fields such as |
| requested through the interlibrary loan system. The | | | | medicine, nutrition education and diseases. This |
| National Library of Medicine once published a monthly | | | | institute mostly works on committee studies and |
| guide to the articles in five thousand journals. The | | | | reports of above categories. |
| guide called Index Medicus was begun in 1879. The | | | | Moreover, there is also some medicine college like |
| final issue was published in December 2004. The | | | | Baylor College of Medicine that is one of the leading |
| information is now offered at its website call PubMed. | | | | centers for biomedical research. This center is located |
| In February 2003, the NLM launched a virtual | | | | in Houston Texas of United States with area 1,000 |
| customer service representative named Cosmo. | | | | acre with 46 member institutions. There are 14 types |
| Cosmo is a navigation tool used to guide customers | | | | of PhD programs offered such as neuroscience, |
| to information on the NLM web site. Users can get | | | | molecular and biochemistry biology, immunology and |
| help finding information on consumer health, drug | | | | cardiovascular sciences. It also includes graduate |
| facts, medical databases, grant information and the | | | | program of nurse anesthesia, residency training and |
| online catalog access. The National Center for | | | | physician assistant program. So it's one of famous |
| Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is run by NLM. The | | | | medicine library because there are lots of research |
| NCBI houses the biological databases accessible | | | | and studies of medicines in there. |
| through the internet's Entrez search engine. | | | | |