MLA Sunrise Seminar - MEDLINEplus?

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MLA Sunrise Seminar - MEDLINEplus?

• Joyce Backus
• Public Services Division
• National Library of Medicine
• National Institutes of Health
• Department of Health and Human Services

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Thanks to you.
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MEDLINEplus stats

• Over 50 million page hits per quarter
• Served over 5 million unique IPs
• Over 600 topics
• Over 550 topics en español
• 150 tutorials in English and Spanish

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What we have done for you lately

• Go local
• New search engine
• Libraries from Docuser
• Genetics Home Reference
• NIHSeniorHealth.gov
• Print versions/ email to a friend
• Listserv en español
• User Survey

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Go Local
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More Go-local participants

• Link with existing state sites
• For sites that already have a well-developed
  local web site

• Host state sites at NLM
• For sites that do not yet have well-developed web
  sites linking to local information

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New Search Engine

• Recommind concept-based system
• Spanish diacritics
• Displays search results in folders
• Searches and displays links from health topic
  pages

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DOCUSER fields to MEDLINEplus Libraries
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Libraries in a state
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Libraries April 29
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Genetics Home Reference
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More NIHSeniorHealth topics

• Breast cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Colorectal cancer
• Lung cancer
• Arthritis
• Hearing Problems
• Balance Disorders

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Print version/Email to a friend

• Printer-friendly format
• Health topic pages print URL of links
• Used 6,070 times on April 30
• Email to a friend usually can select URL or
  full text
• Used 650 times on April 30

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Listserv en español
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Future features

• More Go Local participants
• Spanish drug information
• Email daily news headlines
• Weekly email of new links for user-selected
  topics

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Spanish drug information

• MedMaster - ASHP (American Society of
  Health-System Pharmacists)
• Translation of English version
• Will be added incrementally, starting with most
  used drugs
• Toggle between English and Spanish monographs

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MEDLINEplus Survey

• The web site randomly selected visitors between
  Feb 14-27, 2001 and then between Feb 19 and March
  4, 2003.
• Visitors received a pop-up box inviting them to
  take the survey with an opt-out. In 2003, the
  invitation was in both English and Spanish.
• In 2001, 3 of the invitations resulted in
  completed surveys. In 2003, the rate was 4.

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Gender, Age, Education, Race Ethnicity
Source question Are you..? What is your age?
Which of the following best describes the highest
level of education you have completed? How would
you describe your racial/ethnic background?
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Country and Reading Language
Access Location
Primary Reading Language
Source question Please select the country from
which you are currently accessing MEDLINEplus.
What is your preferred reading language on the
Web?
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Access Location
Source question From what location are you
searching the Web and using MEDLINEplus today?
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Learned of Site
Source question How did you learn of the
MEDLINEplus Web site?
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Visitor Roles
Source question In what role are you using
MEDLINEplus today?
Not asked in 2001 survey
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Reasons for Visiting
Source question Why are you visiting the
MEDLINEplus Web site today?
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Overall Satisfaction
2001 81 2003 87
Less than .5
Source question Overall, how satisfied are you
with MEDLINEplus?
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We welcome your comments

• Use the Contact Us link on any MEDLINEplus page