From this URL, one can access the History of Medicine Library, the Information Service, the Medical Photographic Library, and the Medical Film and Video Library. This site is part of the National Library of Medicine 's domain. As such, there are direct links to NLM services such as Internet Grateful Med , PubMed , and Docline . There are also links to the Online Training Center , which offers classes in how to use NLM's databases. Clicking on a portion of the map will bring the user to the Web site for that region.
Regional sites differ in scope and quality, depending on the resources available in that area.
All of them contain reports, news, training information, and some contact information. Some of the more extensive regional sites include directories and lists of libraries. NNLM's site also includes a search function, which is useful for finding information on a specific topic. This list is an excellent resource for finding Web sites of specific libraries, or for finding health science libraries in a certain area. The American libraries are listed first, grouped by state, followed by foreign libraries.