1. 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.

2. MEDLINEplus Tutorial 2 Welcome! Tutorial Contents  The purpose and audience of MEDLINEplus  Key components  How to perform a search  Some new features

3. MEDLINEplus Tutorial 3 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.

4. MEDLINEplus Tutorial 4 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

5. MEDLINEplus Tutorial 5 Features missed by the Tour Dictionary Provides simple definitions for medical terms

6. MEDLINEplus Tutorial 6 Features missed by the Tour Interactive Tutorials

7. MEDLINEplus Tutorial 7 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 it’s a good idea to have it.

8. MEDLINEplus Tutorial 8 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)

9. MEDLINEplus Tutorial 9 and it will take you to the Spanish page.

10. MEDLINEplus Tutorial 10 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.

11. MEDLINEplus Tutorial 11 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

12. MEDLINEplus Tutorial 12 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

13. MEDLINEplus Tutorial 13 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. clicking here  Return to the CUHOP Instruction CenterReturn to the CUHOP Instruction Center  Return to CUHOP main pageReturn to CUHOP main page  Go to ClinicalTrials.govGo to ClinicalTrials.gov  Go to PubMedGo to PubMed  Go to MEDLINEplusGo to MEDLINEplus Tutorial designed August 2003 by Martin BrennanMartin Brennan NLM website content reproduced by permission