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Archives & Personal Papers Collections

Archives & Personal Papers Collections

Digitized personal papers and organizational records documenting predominantly American medical practitioners, biomedical science, public health, and allied sciences from about 1850 to the present.

Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)

Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)

Access over 70,000 images in NLM collections from the 15th to 21st century.

Health Policy and Services Research

Health Policy and Services Research

Read significant, specially-selected health services research grey literature content.

World War 1, 1914-1918

World War 1, 1914-1918

Explore publications ranging from unit histories to published personal narratives, accounts of relief work, and more.

World War 2, 1939-1949

World War 2, 1939-1949

Explore U.S. federal, state, and local government documents such as reports, first aid manuals, and pamphlets.

NLM Publications and Productions

NLM Publications and Productions

View an archive of documents and videos created by NLM such as technical notes, bibliographies, reports, and lectures.

Tropical Disease Motion Pictures

Tropical Disease Motion Pictures

View and listen to films, video recordings, and digital videocasts produced from the 1920s through 2009.

Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920

Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920

Examine NLM historical books and journals published in the Americas that document the evolution of medicine.

Unique English Imprints, pre-1800

Unique English Imprints, pre-1800

Access the rarest digitized books, nearly 300 printed in the English-speaking world from 1552 to 1800 and uniquely held here.

Incunabula

Examine books and broadsides from the infancy of the age of printing from the mid-1460s to 1520.

The Public Health Film Goes To War

The Public Health Film Goes To War

Explore a curated collection of eighteen rare and wonderful World War II-era health films.

NIH Annual Reports

NIH Annual Reports

Read print annual reports issued by NIH Institutes and Centers from 1958 to 1993.

Cholera Online, 1817 to 1900

Cholera Online, 1817 to 1900

View 518 digitized English language monographs from 1817 to 1900 dealing with the cholera pandemics of that period.

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How does gaining coverage affect people's lives?: access, utilization, and financial security among newly insured adults

How does gaining coverage affect people's lives?: access, utilization, and financial security among newly insured adults

Closing gaps in maternal health coverage: assessing the potential of a postpartum Medicaid/CHIP extension

Closing gaps in maternal health coverage: assessing the potential of a postpartum Medicaid/CHIP extension

Access to health insurance

Access to health insurance

State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

Business of health insurance

Business of health insurance

Business of healthcare

Business of healthcare

International healthcare

International healthcare

Medicare Part D

Medicare Part D

Business practices

Business practices

Medical devices

Medical devices

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Other Digital Projects from NLM

IndexCat

IndexCat™

Search a database containing the bibliographic citations of all five printed series of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office; with direct access to the NLM online catalog, LocatorPlus. It also contains eTK for citations to medieval Latin texts and eVK2 for medieval English texts

FDA Notices of Judgment

FDA Notices of Judgment

A digital archive of federal court case trial summaries involving products found to be in violation of the 1908 Pure Food and Drug Act

Profiles in Science

Profiles in Science

Explore digitized archival collections to learn about prominent scientists, physicians, and other 20th-century leaders in biomedical research and public health