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ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)</a> in the <a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">National Library of Medicine (NLM)</a> at the <a href="https://www.nih.gov/" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">National Institutes of Health</a>.</p><p>As the books division of the <a href="/books/n/helplitarch/?report=reader">NLM Literature Archive (NLM LitArch),</a> the digital repository of full-text literature, Bookshelf serves not only to preserve and maintain free access to electronic biomedical literature, but through its <a href="#intro.Integration_with_Other_NCBI_Databa">integration with other NCBI resources</a>, such as <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">PubMed</a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=gene" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">Gene</a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=omim" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">OMIM</a>, and <a href="https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">PubChem</a>, it fosters both intentional and serendipitous discoveries.</p><p>Each publication on Bookshelf is divided into searchable units of content based on the organization of parts, chapters, sections, subsections, etc, within the individual publication. The entry-point for a user is a page within the book usually found by a <a href="/books/n/helpbookshelf/search/?report=reader">search</a>.</p><p>Once <a href="/books/n/helpbookshelf/browse/?report=reader">browsing</a> this book page, it is possible to navigate around a whole unit of content. The size of the unit of content and its interconnection with other parts of the book will depend on both the organization of the book and the wishes of the publisher.</p><div id="intro.Searching_Bookshelf"><h2 id="_intro_Searching_Bookshelf_">Searching Bookshelf</h2><p>You may search across all content, or one book at a time in Bookshelf. To search across the entire Bookshelf resource, type a word or phrase into the <span class="bk_pgobj">Search</span> box at the top of the <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">Bookshelf homepage</a> and click <span class="bk_pgobj">Search</span>. You may search one book at a time by selecting a book listed on the <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/browse/" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">Browse Titles</a> page. Simply click on the book’s cover or hyperlink to view the <span class="bk_pgobj">Table of Contents</span> page. There is a <span class="bk_pgobj">Search this book</span> box located under the book’s metadata and cover thumbnail. Enter one or more terms to query the book. Your search results will be displayed on a separate page and organized by <span class="bk_pgobj">Relevance.</span> To query the entire Bookshelf again, use the <span class="bk_pgobj">Search</span> box set to ‘Books’ at the top of the screen (See <a href="/books/n/helpbookshelf/search/?report=reader">Searching Bookshelf</a> for more information).</p></div><div id="intro.Browsing_versus_Searching"><h2 id="_intro_Browsing_versus_Searching_">Browsing <i>versus</i> Searching</h2><p><a href="/books/n/helpbookshelf/browse/?report=reader">Browsing</a> allows you to "click your way" through a Bookshelf publication. Searching, on the other hand, requires the user to enter a search term to retrieve books that contain the specific term. Every publication in Bookshelf is fully searchable, but not all publications can be browsed. Browsable publications include a hyperlinked <span class="bk_pgobj">Table of Contents</span>, allowing you to view the publication chapter by chapter. All books created at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) are browsable. Books that cannot be browsed are accessible by using the <span class="bk_pgobj">Search this book</span> box on the book’s Table of Contents page. Whether books are browsable depends on agreements made with the publishers.</p></div><div id="intro.Integration_with_Other_NCBI_Databa"><h2 id="_intro_Integration_with_Other_NCBI_Databa_">Integration with Other NCBI Databases</h2><p>Through links to other resources at NCBI, such as <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">PubMed</a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">PMC</a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pcsubstance" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">PubChem Substance</a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=gene" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">Gene</a>, and <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=omim" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">OMIM</a>, Bookshelf enables readers to discover relevant biomedical information (see <a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK45614/figure/intro.F1/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figintroF1" rid-ob="figobintroF1">Figure 1</a>). A number of full-text books, reports and databases hosted in Bookshelf can be accessed through links in their corresponding entry in <span class="bk_pgobj">PubMed, </span>a database of citations and abstracts for journal articles, books and documents (see the <a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ma10/ma10_pm_books.html" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">NLM Technical Bulletin</a> for more information). PubMed and Bookshelf are also interlinked by 1) links in PubMed to publications in Bookshelf that have cited a PubMed citation in their bibliography, and 2) links to PubMed citations from articles cited in publications on Bookshelf.</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figintroF1" co-legend-rid="figlgndintroF1"><a href="/books/NBK45614/figure/intro.F1/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure 1. " class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figintroF1" rid-ob="figobintroF1"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK45614/bin/intro-Image001.gif" src-large="/books/NBK45614/bin/intro-Image001.jpg" alt="Figure 1. . Among the discovery panels located along the right margin of a book page are those displaying links to PubMed and other NCBI resources." /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndintroF1"><h4 id="intro.F1"><a href="/books/NBK45614/figure/intro.F1/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobintroF1">Figure 1. </a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Among the discovery panels located along the right margin of a book page are those displaying links to PubMed and other NCBI resources. <i>A)</i> “Related Information” provides links to other databases at NCBI, such as PMC, PubMed Substance, <a href="/books/NBK45614/figure/intro.F1/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobintroF1">(more...)</a></p></div></div></div><div id="intro.Copyright_Permissions_and_Conditio"><h2 id="_intro_Copyright_Permissions_and_Conditio_">Copyright, Permissions, and Conditions of Use</h2><p>Some of the information found in Bookshelf is provided by non-government authors and publishers, and as such is copyright protected. Since NCBI does not control the copyright for these books, you must contact the author or publisher to obtain permission before reproducing any material found in such publications. Such books are identified on Bookshelf web pages by the presence of the copyright symbol (©) at the bottom of the webpage. For more information, see the <a href="/books/n/about/copyright/?report=reader">Bookshelf Copyright Notice</a>.</p><div id="intro.Restrictions_on_Systematic_Downloa"><h3>Restrictions on Systematic Downloading of Books or Chapters</h3><p>Crawlers and other automated processes may NOT be used to systematically retrieve content from the Bookshelf web site, and bulk downloading of books is prohibited. Bookshelf does have two auxiliary services, the <a href="/books/n/about/openaccess/?report=reader">NLM LitArch OAI service</a> and <a href="/books/n/about/ftp/?report=reader">NLM LitArch FTP service</a>, that may be used to download certain content in bulk.</p></div></div><div id="intro.Information_for_Authors_and_Publis"><h2 id="_intro_Information_for_Authors_and_Publis_">Information for Authors and Publishers</h2><p>Bookshelf strives to represent the range of biomedical, health, and life sciences books and resources available to scientists, health professionals, educators, students, and consumers. Specialist research, resources for university-level teaching, works on methods and procedures, and clinical reports and guidelines are all included. See Bookshelf’s <a href="/books/n/about/publishers/?report=reader">Information for Authors and Publishers</a> page about how to propose a publication, the review process, and the submission of data.</p></div><div id="bk_toc_contnr"></div></div></div><div class="fm-sec"><h2 id="_NBK45614_pubdet_">Publication Details</h2><h3>Publication History</h3><p class="small">Created: <span itemprop="datePublished">September 30, 2010</span>; Last Update: <span itemprop="dateModified">January 15, 2021</span>.</p><h3>Copyright</h3><div><div class="half_rhythm"><a href="/books/about/copyright/">Copyright Notice</a></div></div><h3>Publisher</h3><p><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/" ref="pagearea=page-banner&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=publisher">National Center for Biotechnology Information (US)</a>, Bethesda (MD)</p><h3>NLM Citation</h3><p>Bookshelf Help [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Center for Biotechnology Information (US); 2005-. Introduction. 2010 Sep 30 [Updated 2021 Jan 15].<span class="bk_cite_avail"></span></p></div><div class="small-screen-prev"><a href="/books/n/helpbookshelf/toc/?report=reader"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 100 100" preserveAspectRatio="none"><path d="M75,30 c-80,60 -80,0 0,60 c-30,-60 -30,0 0,-60"></path><text x="20" y="28" textLength="60" style="font-size:25px">Prev</text></svg></a></div><div class="small-screen-next"><a href="/books/n/helpbookshelf/quickstart/?report=reader"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 100 100" preserveAspectRatio="none"><path d="M25,30c80,60 80,0 0,60 c30,-60 30,0 0,-60"></path><text x="20" y="28" textLength="60" style="font-size:25px">Next</text></svg></a></div></article><article data-type="fig" id="figobintroF1"><div id="intro.F1" class="figure bk_fig"><div class="graphic"><img data-src="/books/NBK45614/bin/intro-Image001.jpg" alt="Figure 1. . Among the discovery panels located along the right margin of a book page are those displaying links to PubMed and other NCBI resources." /></div><h3><span class="label">Figure 1. </span></h3><div class="caption"><p>Among the discovery panels located along the right margin of a book page are those displaying links to PubMed and other NCBI resources. <b>A)</b> “Related Information” provides links to other databases at NCBI, such as PMC, PubMed Substance, Gene and OMIM. <b>B)</b> Links to related PubMed abstracts can be found in the “Related citations in PubMed” panel.</p></div></div></article></div><div id="jr-scripts"><script src="/corehtml/pmc/jatsreader/ptpmc_3.22/js/libs.min.js"> </script><script src="/corehtml/pmc/jatsreader/ptpmc_3.22/js/jr.min.js"> </script></div></div>
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