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US National Library of Medicine

HDB-0012

The primary index of biomedical literature: 37M+ citations with abstracts, MeSH indexing and links to full text. Free to search, with E-utilities APIs and annual baseline downloads for text mining.

Category

Research database

Access

Open access

Cost

Free

Region

Global

Coverage

Biomedical literature worldwide

Size

37M+ citations

License / terms

NLM Terms and Conditions

Data types

bibliographic records, abstracts, MeSH terms

literature API text mining evidence

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Record HDB-0012 · last verified 2026-08-05 · listed in Research databases

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