History of Medicine
Online Catalogs
Are NLM historical collections online?
The full texts of NLM historical material are not online; however, selected material from historical collections can be viewed in Online Exhibitions, Related NLM Web Sites, and digitized books, manuscripts, and pictures. For a complete list of digitized historical material, see Digital Collections.
NLM Historical material can be searched in a variety of online resources listed below.
Library Catalogs: NLM Catalog & LocatorPlus
NLM Catalog: start here to find books, journals, and audiovisuals.
LocatorPlus: for holdings, item availability, MARC 21, and more.
For help with searching LocatorPlus, see FAQ NLM LocatorPlus.
History of Medicine Images now searchable via Quick Limit Option in LocatorPlus.MEDLINE/PubMed
To find journal articles in the history of medicine, click Limits on the PubMed homepage and select Subset History of Medicine. For information about PubMed, see FAQ MEDLINE/PubMed and Other Databases.
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IndexCat
IndexCat, the online version of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, U.S. Army (61 volumes in 5 series, 1880-1961), is a comprehensive subject catalog of books, pamphlets, dissertations, reports, and journal articles published from the 17th-20th century and held by NLM. Researchers will find material in IndexCat that is not in the Library catalog (LocatorPlus).
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Image Database Home (IHM)
Search for prints and photographs. Finding Aids
Search/Browse for modern manuscripts.-
Related NLM Web Sites:
- Exhibition Programs
- Animals as Cold Warriors: Missiles, Medicine, and Man's Best Friend
- Chinese Public Health Posters
- Classics of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Directory of History of Medicine Collections
- Early Western Manuscripts (13th-17th century)
- From 'Monsters' to Modern Medical Miracles: Selected moments in the history of conjoined twins from medieval to modern times
- Greek Medicine from the Gods to Galen
- A Guide to Collections Relating to the History of Artificial Organs (Project Bionics)
- Guide to Tropical Disease Motion Pictures and Audiovisuals
- Historical Anatomies on the Web
- The Horse: A Mirror of Man: Paralells in Early Human and Horse Medicine eb
- Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts
- Islamic Medical Manuscripts (11th-19th century)
- Medieval Manuscripts in the NLM
- Midwifery, Nursing, and Obstetrics Manuscript Collections at NLM
- Profiles in Science
- A Shelflist of Islamic Medical Manuscripts at the NLM (pdf)
- Tropical Medicine Manuscript Collections in the History of Medicine Division
