This session focusing on National Library of Medicine Digital Resources, will be presented by Marty Magee, Education & Nebraska Liaison, National Network/Libraries of Medicine. It will include such resources as Turning the Pages, and History of Medicine Resources, tutorials and much more! ncOMPASS lIVE - mAY 2, 2012.

1. 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
986706 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha NE 68198-6706
402-559-7076
1-800-338-7657
mmagee@unmc.edu

2. Objectives

3. National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/index.html

4. LocatorPlus
http://locatorplus.gov/

5. 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

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

7. How could you use these images?

8. History of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html
Click on topic
for more
choices What is the
first entry
under Books
and Journals?

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

10. Digital Collections
http://collections.nlm.nih.gov/muradora/

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

12. What it may look like….

13. Books….

14. Films and Videos
Recognize this guy?

15. Oral Histories
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/manuscripts/oh.html

16. Oral Histories
http://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?

17. Oral Histories

18. Visible Human
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
In what year was the
Visible Human
Female data set
released?

19. Turning the Pages
http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/v2/
How many
“books” are
Now a in this
Mobile collection?
App!

20. Medlineplus.gov – Anatomy Videos
There is a video for
PTCA – What does
that mean?

21. MedlinePlus – Surgery Videos

22. MedlinePlus.gov - tutorials
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/training/trainers.html
Who could use
this?
How can you
promote this to
them?

23. NIH SeniorHealth
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/
How long is the video
”Cognitive Test for
Alzheimer’s?”

24. PubMed Tutorials
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html
What’s the first
step for registering
for a Loansome
Doc Account?

25. The Cell: an Image Library
http://www.cellimagelibrary.org/

26. Traveling Exhibitions
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/travelingexhibiti
ons.html
Name one of the first two
“Available” exhibitions

27. Further Resources in History of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/resources/web/libraryarchivalcollections.html
Is your resource
library listed?

28. Directory of History of Medicine Collections
http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/hmddirectory/index.cfm
Is your resource
library listed?

29. Access to Audiovisual Materials
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/lrc.html

30. The future…
 Digital Public Library of America
– Discussion about what needs to be digitized

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

32. 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?

33. 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!

34. Contact Information
After 175 years of the National Library of Medicine…
Shouldn’t you be celebrating?
The answer is YES!
Marty Magee
National Network/Libraries of Medicine
Education and Nebraska Liaison
McGoogan Library of Medicine
Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center
986706 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha NE 68198-6706
402-559-7076
1-800-338-7657
mmagee@unmc.edu