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NLM Technical Bulletin, Sep-Oct 2017, Removing General Material Designations from NLM cataloging Records 10/06/2017 03:23 PM EDT Beginning with the implementation of Resource Description & Access (RDA) in April 2013 as the NLM cataloging guidelines, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) ceased adding the "General Material Designation" (GMD) to titles in our catalog. The GMD was a bracketed addition to the title that indicated the format for non-textual material. NLM Technical Bulletin, Sep-Oct 2017, Tox-App: An App to Search for Potential Environmental Health Hazards in your Community 10/06/2017 12:02 PM EDT Use Tox-App (see Figure 1), a free mobile app for iOS users from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), to search for industrial facilities that reported releasing certain chemicals into the environment (based on data from the US EPA TRI program). NLM Technical Bulletin, Sep-Oct 2017, Free Online Continuing Education: Discovering TOXNET 10/06/2017 12:02 PM EDT Join the NNLM Training Office (NTO) for a free online class to discover TOXNET and other National Library of Medicine (NLM) environmental health databases through videos, guided tutorials, and discovery exercises.   This service is provided to you at no charge by the NLM Office Of Communication and Public Liaison. This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: U.S. National Library of Medicine · 8600 Rockville Pike · Bethesda, MD 20894