MEDLINEplus Tutorial

Chicago Urban Health Outreach Project

MEDLINEplus Tutorial

Use the buttons below to navigate. Start by clicking the right arrow to advance to the next page.

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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 MEDLINEplusMEDLINEplus 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 TutorialsThe 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 WellnessNote: 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 it’s 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 laymen’s 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 BrennanNLM website content reproduced by permission