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.

Founded in Moscow in 1919 on the initiative of Nikolai Semashko or Vasily Shervinsky, depending on the source, the library received the book and journal collections of the Medical Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Military Medical Scientific Committee and the Society of Russian Physicians. It was housed in the former Widow's House on Kudrinskaya Square, designed by Domenico Gilardi. A 1931 order made it the head of the USSR's medical library network; in 2001 it joined Sechenov University.

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.

Since 1944 the library has kept every Russian dissertation in medicine, and its holdings exceed 1.5 million titles. The building in Novye Cheryomushki was designed by Yakov Belopolsky, Yefim Vulykh and Lev Misozhnikov, the same architects as the neighbouring INION, and has no windows in the reading hall: progressive psychologists argued that a view distracts readers, so park views were left only to rest areas.