NLM Databases, Resources & APIs
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).
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).
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 |
Figure 3: Search results for "chemistry" and the API filter.
Figure 4: Search results for the filter Mobile, Apps, Widgets.
Herron M, Kellough T. NLM Databases, Resources & APIs. NLM Tech Bull. 2011 Jul-Aug;(381):e13.
