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Getting NLM Data

  • What is the SNOMED CT US Edition and how is it different from the International Edition?

  • Can I get a legal declaration from NLM about the receipt of a book or journal issue?

  • What does SNOMED CT consist of?

  • How is the US represented in the international organization that owns SNOMED CT?

  • What is SNOMED CT?

  • What should I do if my document is missing pages?

  • UMLS Terminology Services (UTS) Authentication Errors

  • Will you give me copyright permission to use an image, film, book, or manuscript from NLM collections?

  • What are NCBI's guidelines for high-frequency retrievals using NCBI web services?

  • Where can I download current listings of prokaryotic reference and representative genomes at NCBI?

  • Is there an allergen subset for SNOMED CT files?

  • Can NLM provide the English version of a foreign language article?

  • Where do I go for help regarding a CMS Clinical Quality Measure or its value sets?

  • What should I do if I receive the wrong article from NLM?

  • I forgot my DOCLINE password / Google Account password. How do I recover my lost password?

  • How do I convert my list of GI numbers into the corresponding accession.version numbers?

  • Can I make a FOIA request to get copies of articles in PubMed?

  • How do I download sequence records from the web in the NCBI Nucleotide and Protein databases?

  • Where can I get medical images, photos, videos or animations?

  • How can I get a journal article or borrow a book or other materials from The National Library of Medicine (NLM)?

  • How do I obtain an API Key through an NCBI account?

  • How can I download a list of IDs for all sequences from a specific organism or taxonomic group at NCBI?

  • How do I navigate the NCBI Genomes FTP site?

  • How can I download RefSeq data for all complete bacterial genomes?

  • How do I download the PubMed database and do I need a license for that?

  • How do I get SNOMED CT to download?

  • What is a LIBID? What should I do if I have forgotten my LIBID?

  • How do I set up my Google Account if I do not have access to a cell phone or a direct line?

  • How do I get an enhanced API key (exceeding 10 rps) for NCBI APIs?

  • How do I download RefSeq genome data for viruses?

  • How do I change or reset my DOCLINE password?

  • Can I download MedlinePlus data?

  • What UMLS terminology and mapping files are available for download?

  • How do I find the API key or license code for my UMLS/UTS account?

  • How does NLM bill for interlibrary loan services?

  • Can I bulk-download full-text articles from PubMed Central® for my research?

  • What are API keys, and why might a user need them for NCBI services?

    Introductory article on API keys

  • How do I convert a list of sequence accession numbers into a list of gene symbols or Gene IDs at NCBI?

  • How do I download GenBank (INSDC) genome assemblies for viruses?

  • What are the release formats (RF1 and RF2)?

  • How do I set up my Google Account for use with DOCLINE?

  • What resources are available at NCBI for developers and other power users?

  • How do I obtain primary symbols and all other symbols, synonyms and names associated with individual genes at NCBI?

  • Where can I download the list of all names associated with an individual PubChem Compound ID (CID) at NCBI?

  • If I cannot find a journal title in DOCLINE or NLM's catalog, LocatorPlus, how can I add my institution's holdings for that title?

  • How can I extract SNOMED CT from the UMLS Metathesaurus and browse it?

  • Where and how can I download the SNOMED CT US Edition?

  • What SNOMED CT content is in the UMLS Metathesaurus?

  • Where can I get the SNOMED CT International Edition in its native file format?

  • When are new versions of SNOMED released?

  • How are SNOMED CT files organized?

  • I’ve downloaded the standalone SNOMED CT files, there are many folders in here, which one(s) do I use?

  • How can I contact NLM's customer service staff?

  • How do I know which Routing Method to use?

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