簡介
美國國家醫學圖書館(National Library of Medicine，簡稱NLM)為美國三大國家圖書館之一。無論其規模與成就素負盛名，且其所規劃之各項服務、資料庫之建置與相關標準的訂定，不僅考慮到美國境內各醫藥衛生從業人員的需求，甚至嘉惠全世界的醫事人員，更為各國爭相效法的對象。
美國國家醫學圖書館成立於1836年，是全世界最著名的醫學圖書館，其位於馬里蘭州National Institutes of Health(NIH)園區，總館舍共有432000平方英尺分佔兩棟大樓，一為建於1962年之國家醫學圖書館，內含書庫、閱覽區、公共服務區、視聽中心等；另一為緊臨之Lister Hill Center大樓，蓋於1968年，內有電腦設備、大禮堂、研究發展實驗室、毒物資訊部門、及對外獎助部門等。該館不僅領導著世界醫學圖書館界，服務全美國醫界，更不斷的研究發展，實領導著世界醫學圖書館的發展。
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials in all areas of biomedicine and health care, as well as works on biomedical aspects of technology, the humanities, and the physical, life, and social sciences. The collections stand at more than 8 million items--books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs and images. Housed within the Library is one of the world's finest medical history collections of old and rare medical works. The Library's collection may be consulted in the reading room or requested on interlibrary loan. NLM is a national resource for all U.S. health science libraries through a National Network of Libraries of Medicine®.
