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More than 40 million citations for biomedical literature

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About

PubMed is a free, publicly accessible database of biomedical literature maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It indexes over 40 million citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books, with links to full-text content where available. It is an official resource of the United States federal government.

Problem

Finding and accessing citations and abstracts for biomedical and life sciences research is difficult without a centralized, comprehensive index.

For

researchers, clinicians, students, and anyone seeking biomedical and life sciences literature

How it works

Users search a curated database of over 40 million biomedical citations, with links to full-text articles hosted on PubMed Central or publisher websites.

Business model

free

Status

launched

Company

U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)

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