The National Library of Medicine and Drug Information. Part 2: An Evolving Future

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作者：
Knaben J.E. [1 ]
Phillips S.J. [1 ]
Snyder J.W. [1 ]
Szczur M.R. [1 ]
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[1] National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Drug information journal : DIJ / Drug Information Association | 2004年 / 38卷 / 2期
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Drug information; Internet; National Library of Medicine;
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10.1177/009286150403800210
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) began in 1836 as a small collection of books in the office of the Army Surgeon General. Today, the NLM is the world's largest medical library, providing access to its vast collection of seven million items onsite and through the World Wide Web. Historical interest in drug information dates to 1967, when Congress provided funds for a Drug Literature Program at the NLM. Drug information is now dispersed among a number of NLM bibliographic and factual databases that offer an array of clinical, research, and toxicological drug data. Target audiences for drug information include consumers, patients, healthcare practitioners, clinical researchers, and scientists. Drug development and medical publishing have both accelerated to such an extent that it is virtually impossible for healthcare practitioners and researchers to keep apprised of current information. Due to wide utilization for posting medically-related data, the Internet is discussed in terms of its impact on medical library responsibilities, drug information and efforts to evaluate Web-based health information, and how resultant imperatives indicate a need to create new drug-related databases including an Internet portal to drug information. © 2004, Drug Information Association. All rights reserved.
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