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This blog is created to raise awareness about the importance and value of libraries among the people of our country, special importance is given to exhibit contribution of health science librarians in health and social care within institutions and in nation building.
The health science librarians provide information resources to support health care. They encourage widespread use of health information among doctors, medical students, nurses, physiotherapists, dietitians, social workers and researchers.
The technological advancement has enabled libraries to move beyond the four walls of a building, as a result, we, the librarians strive to meet the health information needs of a larger community and try to amend health information delivery at every region, so that people live better, healthier, happier and more productive lives.

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National Library of Medicine on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland,Unites States is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.

Cochrane Collaboration established in 1993, is an international network of people helping healthcare providers, policy makers, patients, their advocates and carers, make well-informed decisions about human health care by preparing, updating and promoting the accessibility of Cochrane Reviews – over 4,500 so far, published online in The Cochrane Library.

WorldCat is a global network of library-management and user-facing services built upon cooperatively-maintained databases of bibliographic and institutional metadata

Medscape from WebMD is a part of WebMD Health Professional Network that includes theHeart.org and eMedicine.com.

UpToDate is an evidence-based, peer-reviewed information resource available via the Web and mobile devices.

MD Consult offers the most comprehensive information available in one convenient online resource. With instant access to full-text articles from over 80 medical journals and Clinics, 50 leading medical references across a wide range of specialties, clinically relevant drug information, and over 10,000 patient handouts, MD Consult is truly all you need.

SciVerse offers unprecedented access to a constantly expanding universe of content and solutions resulting in more discovery with less searching.Integrating ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciTopics and targeted Web content, with community developed applications SciVerse is a groundbreaking platform that provides our data, your way.

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SCOPUS
The largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources covering nearly 18,000 titles from more than 5,000 publishers.

Wiley Online Library
hosts the world's broadest and deepest multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. It delivers seamless integrated access to over 4 million articles from 1500 journals, almost 10,000 online books, and hundreds of reference works, laboratory protocols and databases.

DynaMed is a clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other healthcare professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care' with clinically-organized summaries for more than 3,200 topics.

Reference Manager:Thomson Reuters

Health Information Resources, formerly National Library for Health

Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers

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MicromedexThomson Reuters
Clinical decision support solutions help physicians, nurses, and pharmacists improve workflow, reduce medication errors,enhance disease and condition management, and improve patient care.
Clinicians rely on Micromedex and MercuryMD offerings from Thomson Reuters to gain real-time access to patient information and trusted evidence-based clinical knowledge.

ACP Medicine is the first comprehensive reference to carry the name of the American College of Physicians. Developed to help busy physicians keep up with changing guidelines in primary care, ACP Medicine is a continually updated, evidence-based reference of internal medicine.




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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)


Medical Library Association(MLA) is a nonprofit, educational organization with more than 4,000 health sciences information professional members and partners worldwide. MLA provides lifelong educational opportunities, supports a knowledgebase of health information research, and works with a global network of partners to promote the importance of quality information for improved health to the health care community and the public.

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)is a professional body representing librarians and other information professionals in the United Kingdom.It has International Library and Information Group(ILIG) web page.


The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association, is a professional association of academic librarians and other interested individuals. It is dedicated to enhancing the ability of academic library and information professionals to serve the information needs of the higher education community and to improve learning, teaching, and research


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