What You Should Know about Free Resources from the

National Library of Medicine

Marty MageeNational Network/Libraries of Medicine

Education and Nebraska Liaison McGoogan Library of Medicine

Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center986706 Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha NE 68198-6706402-559-7076

1-800-338-7657mmagee@unmc.edu

Objectives

• What you need for patients Information “prescription” Linking to reliable health information for Electronic Health

Records

• What you need in professional health resources How to find information How to find articles

• What’s new in mobile apps

National Library of Medicinewww.nlm.nih.gov

What anniversary is the NLM

celebrating this year?

Nat’l Network of Libraries of Medicinehttp://www.nnlm.gov/

1-800-338-7657Press, 1,2,5 for Nebraska Liaison

NN/LM – MidContinental Regionhttp://nnlm.gov/mcr/

Net Library CollectionArchived webcastsPresentations

NetLibraryhttp://nnlm.gov/mcr/education/netlibrary.html

Webinarshttp://nnlm.gov/mcr/education/online.html

Why?

• ??% of all Internet inquiries are medically related

• What do you think of this trend….leveling off?

www.medlineplus.gov

MedlinePlus Magazine Free Magazinehttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/magazine/

Evaluating Resourceswww.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/evaluatinghealthinformation.html

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/training/trainers.html

Interactive Body Maps

What happens when you scroll over a word?

Check out the Spanish version!

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/videosandcooltools.html

Interactive Tutorials(also in Spanish)

Surgery Videos

InformationRX.org

• The goal is to have MedlinePlus be the web site you “prescribe”

• Order Free InformationRX Prescription pads from : www.informationrx.org

MedlinePlus Connecthttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/connect/overview.html

• Allows electronic health record (EHR) systems to easily link users to MedlinePlus information

• You do not have to use MedlinePlus Connect exclusively

• No cost!!

PubMed - an indexwww.pubmed.gov

•Automatic update searches available

Journals and Public Access http://nnlm.gov/rsdd/ejournals/

LoansomeDoc https://docline.gov/loansome/login.cfm

In Nebraska –University of Nebraska Medical Center (NEUNEB)

PubMed Health http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth

http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov

According to a 2009 Manhattan Research study….??? adults go online to find prescription drug info?

Household Products Databasehttp://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/

Genetics Home Referencehttp://ghr.nlm.nih.gov

Nat’l Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicinehttp://nccam.nih.gov/

PHPartnershttp://phpartners.org/

www.cdc.gov

Mobile Appsm.medlineplus.gov OR m.medlineplus.gov/spanish

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Consumer Health Information Resource Service (CHIRS)

http://www.unmc.edu/library/consumer/

Nebraska libraries as partners..more broadband access

NLM Free Promotional Materials http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/promo/index.html

Marty Magee402-559-70761-800-338-7657mmagee@unmc.edu