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{{short description|World's largest medical library.}}
{{short description|World's largest medical library.}}
{{Organization
|OrganizationName= United States National Library of Medicine
|OrganizationType= Independent Agencies (Sub-organization)
|Mission= The National Library of Medicine is dedicated to advancing the progress of medicine and improving public health by providing access to biomedical information and research. It acts as a global resource for biomedical data, fostering both research and public health initiatives.
|OrganizationExecutive= Director
|Employees= 1800
|Budget= $460 million (Fiscal Year 2023)
|Website= https://www.nlm.nih.gov
|Services= Medline/PubMed; ClinicalTrials.gov; Genetics Home Reference; Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET); Environmental Health Information
|ParentOrganization= National Institutes of Health (NIH)
|CreationLegislation= Public Law 92-463
|Regulations=
|HeadquartersLocation= 39.000660, -77.103875
|HeadquartersAddress= 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
}}
The '''United States National Library of Medicine''' ('''NLM'''), operated by the [[Federal government of the United States|United States federal government]], is the world's largest [[medical library]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=DeBakey ME |title=The National Library of Medicine. Evolution of a premier information center |journal=JAMA |volume=266 |issue=9 |pages=1252–58 |year=1991 |pmid=1870251|doi=10.1001/jama.266.9.1252}}</ref>
The '''United States National Library of Medicine''' ('''NLM'''), operated by the [[Federal government of the United States|United States federal government]], is the world's largest [[medical library]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=DeBakey ME |title=The National Library of Medicine. Evolution of a premier information center |journal=JAMA |volume=266 |issue=9 |pages=1252–58 |year=1991 |pmid=1870251|doi=10.1001/jama.266.9.1252}}</ref>