Chicago Urban Health Outreach Project MEDLINEplus Tutorial

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Chicago Urban Health Outreach ProjectMEDLINEplus
Tutorial

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Welcome!Tutorial Contents

• The purpose and audience of MEDLINEplus
• Key components
• How to perform a search
• Some new features

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About MEDLINEplus
MEDLINEplus has extensive information from the
National Institutes of Health and other trusted
sources on over 600 diseases and conditions.
There are also lists of hospitals and physicians,
a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary,
health information in Spanish, extensive
information on prescription and nonprescription
drugs, health information from the media, and
links to thousands of clinical trials.
MEDLINEplus is updated daily and can be
bookmarked at the URL medlineplus.gov. There is
no advertising on this site, nor does MEDLINEplus
endorse any company or product.
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Take the MEDLINEplus Tour
MEDLINEplus has posted a tour of its main
features. Using the right-side button of your
mouse, Open the link below in a separate browser
window. When you complete the tour, return to
this tutorial for more information. MEDLINEplus
Tour
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Features missed by the Tour
Dictionary
Provides simple definitions for medical terms
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Features missed by the Tour
Interactive Tutorials
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Interactive Tutorials

• The Patient Education Institute provides
  MEDLINEplus with easy to use, in-depth tutorials
  on a variety of subjects
• Diseases and Conditions
• Tests and Diagnostic Procedures
• Surgery and Treatment Procedures
• Prevention and Wellness
• Note The tutorials require the Flash plug-in.
  If you do not already have it, you will be
  prompted for a free, safe download. Many web
  pages now use Flash, so its a good idea to have
  it.

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Features missed by the Tour
Materials in Spanish
Many of the materials in MEDLINEplus, including
the Health Topics section, the interactive
tutorials, and a medical dictionary are also
available in Spanish. Simply click on the word
espanol (advance to next slide)
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and it will take you to the Spanish page.
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Things to keep in mind

• MEDLINEplus is mostly links to information posted
  by other websites, but you can be assured of the
  quality of those sites, because librarians at the
  National Library of Medicine have verified their
  authenticity and reliability.

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Things to keep in mind

• MEDLINEplus is updated daily.
• There is no commercial advertising or interests
  involved in MEDLINEplus
• Most materials are chosen for their ease of
  understanding, and written in laymens terms
• MEDLINEplus is freely available to anyone with
  an internet connection

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How Do I Get There?

• Simply type the address below into your web
  browser, or click on it to be taken there right
  now.

http//medlineplus.gov
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That does It!

• MEDLINEplus is designed to be easy to use, but
  I recommend an occasional visit to keep up with
  any changes, because it is updated daily. Please
  feel free to email any questions or comments to
  Martin Brennan, CUHOP Outreach Coordinator, by
  clicking here.
• Return to the CUHOP Instruction Center
• Return to CUHOP main page
• Go to ClinicalTrials.gov
• Go to PubMed
• Go to MEDLINEplus
• Tutorial designed August 2003 by Martin Brennan
• NLM website content reproduced by permission