200 years of American medicine (1776-1976) : an exhibit at the National Library of Medicine.

  • United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Date:
[1976]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: 200 years of American medicine (1776-1976) : an exhibit at the National Library of Medicine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEDLARS (MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System). In the 1970s, using MEDLARS and other data bases, the Library developed MEDLINE and a number of other nationwide on-line bibliographic retrieval systems. To speed service to medical researchers, educators, and practitioners, the Library provided leadership and funding for the development of a network of regional medical libraries. Congress gave the Library authority to bestow grants-in-aid and established the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications to apply advanced technology to the dissemination of medical information. A century and a half after its birth the Library has grown from a few books on the shelf of a room in Washington to a collection of more than a million publications, the largest medical library inthe world, operating one of the world’s largest bibliographic information retrieval systems. Its services are known and used throughout the world. Below: The National Library of Medicine’s present building, completed in 1962. Right: MEDLINE terminal. MEDLINE (MEDLARS-On-Line) is the library’s computerized data base.