Central Scientific Medical Library, Medical reference library in Moscow, Russia
The Central Scientific Medical Library is a research library in Moscow that holds books, scientific journals, dissertations, and documents on medical topics from different periods. The holdings are accessible both physically on-site and in digital form.
The institution was founded in 1919 and over the following decades grew into one of the leading medical information centers in Europe. Its collection expanded through contributions from physicians, scholars, and research institutions across Russia.
The library is one of the few places in Russia where medical publications from several centuries sit alongside current research journals on the same shelves. Researchers and physicians from across the country come here to consult original documents and rare editions in the reading rooms.
Access to the physical holdings requires a visit in person, while electronic databases can be searched remotely through a subscription system. Most digital resources do not require specialized software to browse.
The library serves as the national archive for medical and pharmaceutical research papers, preserving rare dissertations that are hard to find anywhere else. It also maintains active book exchange agreements with partners in several countries, which brings foreign specialist publications into the collection.
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