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Medical library

Index Medical library

A health or medical library is designed to assist physicians, health professionals, students, patients, consumers, medical researchers, and information specialists in finding health and scientific information to improve, update, assess, or evaluate health care. [1]

38 relations: Accreditation, American Library Association, Canadian Health Libraries Association, Credentialing, Dentistry, Entrez, European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Addictions, Fred Kilgour, German National Library of Medicine, Google, Health professional, Hospital, Informationist, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, Liaison Committee on Medical Education, Library, List of medical libraries, Margaret Ridley Charlton, Master of Library and Information Science, Medical journal, Medical Library Association, Medical Library Association of Great Britain and Ireland, Medical school, Medicine, MEDLINE, Nursing, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, Open access, Osler Library of the History of Medicine, Pharmacy, Public health, PubMed, PubMed Central, Special Libraries Association, The Texas Medical Center Library, United States National Library of Medicine, Veterinary medicine, Wellcome Library.

Accreditation

Accreditation is the process in which certification of competency, authority, or credibility is presented.

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American Library Association

The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally.

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Canadian Health Libraries Association

The Canadian Health Libraries Association or Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada was founded in 1976.

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Credentialing

Credentialing is the process of establishing the qualifications of licensed medical professionals and assessing their background and legitimacy.

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Dentistry

Dentistry is a branch of medicine that consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity, commonly in the dentition but also the oral mucosa, and of adjacent and related structures and tissues, particularly in the maxillofacial (jaw and facial) area.

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Entrez

The Entrez Global Query Cross-Database Search System is a federated search engine, or web portal that allows users to search many discrete health sciences databases at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.

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European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Addictions

The European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Addictions (ELISAD) – previously called, until end of 2011, European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Alcohol and other Drugs – was a European non-governmental and non-profit making social network of libraries, documentation centres and information services situated in Europe and specialised in alcohol, drugs, tobacco and all other behavioural addictions.

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Fred Kilgour

Frederick "Fred" Gridley Kilgour (January 6, 1914 – July 31, 2006) was an American librarian and educator known as the founding director of OCLC (Online Computer Library Center), an international computer library network and database that changed the way people use libraries.

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German National Library of Medicine

The German National Library of Medicine (Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin), abbreviated ZB MED, is the national library of the Federal Republic of Germany for medicine, health sciences, nutrition, agriculture and the environment.

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Google

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.

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Health professional

A health professional, health practitioner or healthcare provider (sometimes simply "provider") is an individual who provides preventive, curative, promotional or rehabilitative health care services in a systematic way to people, families or communities.

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Hospital

A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized medical and nursing staff and medical equipment.

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Informationist

An Informationist (or Information Specialist in Context) provides research and knowledge management services in the context of clinical care or biomedical research.

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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of people who rely on libraries and information professionals.

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Liaison Committee on Medical Education

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) is an accrediting body for educational programs at schools of medicine in the United States and Canada.

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Library

A library is a collection of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing.

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List of medical libraries

A health or medical library is designed to assist physicians, health professionals, students, patients, consumers, medical researchers and information specialists in finding health and scientific information to improve, update, assess or evaluate health care.

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Margaret Ridley Charlton

Margaret Charlton was a pioneering medical librarian who was instrumental in founding the Association of Medical Librarians - which became the Medical Library Association in 1907.

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Master of Library and Information Science

The Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) is the master's degree that is required for most professional librarian positions in the United States and Canada.

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Medical journal

A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal which communicates medical information to physicians and other health professionals.

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Medical Library Association

The Medical Library Association (MLA) is a nonprofit, educational organization with more than 4,000 health sciences information professional members and partners worldwide.

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Medical Library Association of Great Britain and Ireland

The Medical Library Association of Great Britain and Ireland was founded in 1908 and held two annual meetings.

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Medical school

A medical school is a tertiary educational institution —or part of such an institution— that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians and surgeons.

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Medicine

Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

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MEDLINE

MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, or MEDLARS Online) is a bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information.

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Nursing

Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life.

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Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) is a continuously updated catalog of human genes and genetic disorders and traits, with a particular focus on the gene-phenotype relationship.

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Open access

Open access (OA) refers to research outputs which are distributed online and free of cost or other barriers, and possibly with the addition of a Creative Commons license to promote reuse.

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Osler Library of the History of Medicine

The Osler Library, a branch of the McGill University Library, is Canada's foremost scholarly resource in the history of medicine, and one of the most important libraries of its type in North America.

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Pharmacy

Pharmacy is the science and technique of preparing and dispensing drugs.

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Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".

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PubMed

PubMed is a free search engine accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics.

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PubMed Central

PubMed Central (PMC) is a free digital repository that archives publicly accessible full-text scholarly articles that have been published within the biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

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Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries Association (SLA) is an international professional association for library and information professionals working in business, government, law, finance, non-profit, and academic organizations and institutions.

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The Texas Medical Center Library

The Texas Medical Center (TMC) Library is a health sciences library located in the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston, TX.

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United States National Library of Medicine

The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library.

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Veterinary medicine

Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals.

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Wellcome Library

The Wellcome Library is founded on the collection formed by Sir Henry Wellcome (1853–1936), whose personal wealth allowed him to create one of the most ambitious collections of the 20th century.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_library

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