Spotlight! on NLM Resources NLM Digital Resources Marty Magee National Network/Libraries of Medicine Education and Nebraska Liaison McGoogan Library of Medicine Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center Nebraska Medical Center Omaha NE
Objectives
National Library of Medicine
LocatorPlus
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 Medicine
How could you use these images?
History of Medicine Click on topic for more choices What is the first entry under Books and Journals?
Online Exhibitions and Digital Projects
Digital Collections /
Read books online or on your Kindle…. / What is the first title listed under Recently Reviewed Items? (1892)
The answer is…
Books….
Films and Videos Recognize this guy?
Oral Histories
Oral Histories In a search for Estelle Brodman, at what university might would you find her oral history?
Oral Histories
Visible Human In what year was the Visible Human Female data set released?
Turning the Pages / 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 - tutorials Who could use this? How can you promote this to them?
NIH SeniorHealth How long is the video ”Cognitive Test for Alzheimer’s?”
PubMed Tutorials What’s the first step for registering for a Loansome Doc Account?
The Cell: an Image Library
Traveling Exhibitions ons.html Name one of the first two “Available” exhibitions
Further Resources in History of Medicine Is your resource library listed?
Directory of History of Medicine Collections Is your resource library listed?
Access to Audiovisual Materials
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 Magee National Network/Libraries of Medicine Education and Nebraska Liaison McGoogan Library of Medicine Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center Nebraska Medical Center Omaha NE After 175 years of the National Library of Medicine… Shouldn’t you be celebrating? The answer is YES!