Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Hospital Libraries

Information centers primarily serving the needs of hospital medical staff and sometimes also providing patient education and other services.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Information centers primarily serving the needs of hospital medical staff and sometimes also providing patient education and other services.

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Classification

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Hospital Library
  • Libraries, Hospital
  • Library, Hospital

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

IM; specify geog or other site

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. J03.400w.596w.831w.875
  2. L01w.462w.625w.596w.719w.813
  3. N02.278w.216.500.998
  4. N04w.452.442.452.600

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hospital Libraries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007992. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007992
  2. Hospital Libraries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1786555