Spotlight! on NLM Resources NLM Digital Resources

Marty MageeNational Network/Libraries of Medicine

Education and Nebraska Liaison McGoogan Library of Medicine

Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center986706 Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha NE 68198-6706 402-559-7076

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

Objectives

National Library of Medicinehttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/index.html

LocatorPlushttp://locatorplus.gov/

Why would you use Locator Plus?

To find records for journals, books, reports and audiovisuals in the NLM® collection

To find records for serials and books not in the NLM collection, but owned by regional libraries

To see records for journals, books, reports and audiovisuals on order, on loan or in process at the NLM

Images from the History of Medicinehttp://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/luna/servlet/view/all

How could you use these images?

History of Medicinehttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html

Click on topic for more choices What is the

first entry under Books

and Journals?

Online Exhibitions and Digital Projects http://www.nlm.nih.gov/onlineexhibitions.html

Digital Collectionshttp://collections.nlm.nih.gov/muradora/

Read books online or on your Kindle….http://www.archive.org/details/medicalheritagelibrary/

What it may look like….

Books….

Films and Videos

Recognize this guy?

Oral Historieshttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/manuscripts/oh.html

Oral Historieshttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/oral_history/Interviewees.html

In a search for Estelle Brodman,

at what university might would you

find her oral history?

Oral Histories

Visible Humanhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html

In what year was the Visible Human

Female data set released?

Turning the Pageshttp://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/v2/

Now a Mobile

App!

How many “books” are

in this collection?

Medlineplus.gov – Anatomy Videos

There is a video for PTCA – What does

that mean?

MedlinePlus – Surgery Videos

MedlinePlus.gov - tutorialshttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/training/trainers.html

Who could use this?

How can you promote this to

them?

NIH SeniorHealthhttp://nihseniorhealth.gov/

How long is the video ”Cognitive Test for

Alzheimer’s?”

PubMed Tutorialshttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html

What’s the first step for registering

for a Loansome Doc Account?

The Cell: an Image Libraryhttp://www.cellimagelibrary.org/

Traveling Exhibitionshttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/travelingexhibiti

ons.html

Name one of the first two “Available” exhibitions

Further Resources in History of Medicinehttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/resources/web/libraryarchivalcollections.html

Is your resource library listed?

Directory of History of Medicine Collectionshttp://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/hmddirectory/index.cfm

Is your resource library listed?

Access to Audiovisual Materialshttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/lrc.html

The future…

Digital Public Library of America– Discussion about what needs to be digitized

Contribute to “New Media” i.e. Horizon Report

Crowd Sourcing For example …

– local publications of more than 50 World War I hospitals in U.S.

– Held by a national institution, with local roots

– Connect collections to locales of their origins, map them? By RML?

What can you do? Promote these resources in your institution in a

printed or online publication Lead a “class” or brown-bag session Use the resources in your own presentations (and

be sure to give credit to NLM!) Sign up for a traveling exhibition!

Contact Information

Marty MageeNational Network/Libraries of MedicineEducation and Nebraska Liaison McGoogan Library of MedicineUniv. of Nebraska Medical Center986706 Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha NE 68198-6706 402-559-70761-800-338-7657mmagee@unmc.edu

After 175 years of the National Library of Medicine…Shouldn’t you be celebrating?

The answer is YES!