medlineplus and more lydia n collins, mlis consumer health coordinator
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MedlinePlus and More
LYDIA N COLLINS, MLIS
CONSUMER HEALTH COORDINATOR
Division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• World’s largest biomedical library• Produces free, authoritative electronic health information resources• 130+ health information databases (PubMed & MedlinePlus)• Not a commercial vendor• Government tax dollars at work!
U.S. National Library of Medicine
URL for the National Library of Medicine
National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)
NN/LM, formerly Regional Medical Library Program
Established in the Medical Library Assistance Act (1965)
Mission◦ Provide health professionals and the general public with equal access to biomedical
information
Coordinated by the National Library of Medicine
8 Regional Offices◦ Support Network members to achieve NN/LM mission◦ 5-year contracts
URL for NN/LM URL for NN/LM MAR
MedlinePlus: Responsive Design
Access to quality health
information, anytime,
anywhere and now on ANY
device!
MedlinePlus Mobile Mobile and tablet users will find these new features helpful:
Collapsed Menu and Search options at the top of each page
Section headings that open and close areas of a page for easier reading on a smaller screen
Text that is readable on each device without zooming, and links that are spaced for easy tapping
MedlinePlus
URL for MedlinePlus
NEW! Responsive Design
Health Topics (almost 1,000)
Drugs and Supplements
Videos & Tools
Health Videos
Health News
MedlinePlus Magazine
and more
MedlinePlus Espanol: Homepage
URL for MedlinePlus in Spanish
MedlinePlus: Health Topics Focus
MedlinePlus Health Topics
URL for Health Topics
Search Box in MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus: Heart Diseases
URL for MedlinePlus Heart Diseases
MedlinePlus: Drugs & Supplements Focus
URL for MedlinePlus Drugs, Herbs and Supplements
Drugs & Supplements
Drugs Search
URL for MedlinePlus Drugs, Herbs and Supplements
Herbs & Supplements
Herbs & Supplements Results
Acai Entry Examples
MedlinePlus: Videos & Tools Focus
PubMed articles in MedlinePlus
URL for Talking With Your Doctor
MEDLINE/PubMed Samples
MedlinePlus Health News
URL for MedlinePlus Health News
Health News is from HealthDay plus recent press
announcements from major medical organizations.
Locate current and past health news
topics by date/topic.
MedlinePlus homepage 2
Medical Encyclopedia
URL for Medical Encyclopedia
Medical Dictionary
URL for Medical Dictionary
MedlinePlus Homepage 3
Easy to Read
URL FOR EASY TO READ MATERIALS URL FOR WRITING EASY-TO-READ MATERIALS
Organizations and Directories
URL FOR MEDLINEPLUS ORGANIZATIONS URL FOR MEDLINEPLUS DIRECTORIES
Health Information in Multiple Languages
URL FOR MEDLINEPLUS MULTIPLE LANGUAGES URL FOR HEALTHREACH
MedlinePlus Connect for EHRs
URL for MedlinePlus Connect
MedlinePlus: Health Topics of Interest
Doctor & Literacy
Disaster & Safety
MedlinePlus Topics
MedlinePlus Training Materials
Training Materials
URL for MedlinePlus Information for Librarians and Trainers
MedlinePlus Tour
MedlinePlus Brochures
MedlinePlus Tutorial
About MedlinePlus
Resources for Teaching How to Find Health Information Online
Health Outreach
MedlinePlus Quality
URL for MedlinePlus Quality Guidelines
MedlinePlus: Email Updates
URL for MedlinePlus Email Updates
Additional Subscriptions
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIHSeniorHealth
and other NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
CMS.gov
FoodSafety.gov
HealthCare.gov
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
and other Federal Agencies
Explore MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus Magazine
URL for MedlinePlus Magazine Current/Past Issues (English)
URL for MedlinePlus Magazine Bulk Subscriptions (English)
URL for MedlinePlus Salud Current/Past Issues (Spanish)
URL for MedlinePlus Salud Bulk Subscriptions (Spanish)
Information Rx
URL for Information RX Order Form
Information Rx is a free and easy way to refer people to trustworthy consumer health Web sites produced by the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
NLM encourages the use of the Information Rx campaign by library staff and health professionals.
Provide
Feedba
ck
URL for Contact Us
Consumer Health Resources from NLM
NLM Consumer Health Resources
URL for NIHSeniorHealth
URL for All About Drugs @ NLM Trifold
URL for ClinicalTrials.gov
URL for Household Products Database
URL for Health Hotlines
URL for K-12 Science and Health Education
URL for NLM Exhibition Program
URL for NN/LM MAR Public Libraries Resource Guide
NIHSeniorHealth
URL for NIHSeniorHealth and URL for Trainer’s Toolkit
Exhibition Program
URL for Exhibition Program
Public Libraries Resource Guide
URL for NN/LM MAR Public Libraries Resource Guide
8 Regional Offices
Support Network members to achieve NN/LM mission 5-year contracts
Mission
Provide K-12 educators, public library staff, health professionals, and the general public with equal access to and training on health and science resources
Join the NN/LM Network
URL to locate your Regional Medical LibraryURL to NN/LM MAR (DE, NJ, NY & PA)
URL to NN/LM MAR Membership
Locate Your NN/LM Office
Thank YouLydia N Collins, MLIS
Consumer Health CoordinatorNN/LM Middle Atlantic RegionUniversity of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System
[email protected] for NN/LM MAR
This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00003-C with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System.