1. Session Four – It’s Not Just
PubMed
National Library of Medicine for the Health Sciences Student
Presented by
Mark D. Puterbaugh, Information Services Librarian
Eastern University Libraries
St. Davids, PA 19087

2. Daily Med
DailyMed provides high quality
information about marketed drugs.
This information includes FDA
labels (package inserts). This Web
site offers health information
providers and the public with a
standard, comprehensive, up-to-date,
look-up and download
resource of medication content and
labeling as found in medication
package inserts. The National
Library of Medicine (NLM) provides
this as a public service and does
not accept advertisements.

3. Search for Drug by Name
You wish to search for
information on the drug
warfarin. As you type in
the word a list of
suggested terms appears
on the drop down list.
The results return a list of
related drug information,
including variants and
generic drug names.

4. Drop-down Tabs for Detailed Information
Drug Label Sections drop-down
tabs present information such
as:
• Clinical Pharmacology
• Indications and Usage
• Contraindications
• Warnings
• Patient Counseling
• Warnings
• Over dosage
• Medication Guides

5. Links Out to Many Resources
DailyMed links out to many
reliable resources for
additional information such as:
• DrugBank
• ClinicalTrials.gov
• PubMed
• MedlinePlus
• and more.

6. Drug Information Portal
The NLM’s Drug Information Portal gives
users a gateway to selected drug
information from the U.S. National Library
of Medicine and other key U.S.
Government agencies. At the top of the
page are links to individual resources with
potential drug information, including
summaries tailored to various audiences.
Resources include the NLM search
systems useful in searching for a drug,
NLM research resources, resources
organized by audience and class, and
other NIH and government resources such
as FDA and CDC.
Text from http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/jsp/drugportal/about.jsp

7. Links Out to Select
NIH Resources
The Drug Information
Portal links out to
databases produced by
the NIH.
The list of resources for a
“warfarin” search include:
•ClinicalTrials.gov
•MedlinePlus
•LiverTox
•LactMed
•Pillbox

8. Provides In-depth Information
The Portal links to variety
of additional information
assets such as:
•ChemIDplus
•PubChem
•synonyms
•Drugs@FDA
•USA.gov

9. MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus is a great ready
reference tool and consumer
health information site.
Choose the “Health Topics”
link to view the listings of
available health information.

10. Browse Topic Headings
Health topics are displayed under
easily understood subject headings
Choosing “Children and Teenagers”
under “Demographic Groups”
reveals a listing of resources for that
age group.

11. Easy to Use Links
Follow the topics links for more
Follow the topics links for more
information.
information.

12. Search MedlinePlus
Searches
reliable
resources for
consumer
oriented
information.

13. Retrieves from Reliable Sites

14. Images from the
History of Medicine (IHM)
IHM is a browsable,
searchable collections
of thousands of public
domain images from the
the NLM collections.
http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov

15. Grab an Image
View and export images in
a variety of sizes.
Create an account and build
a collection.

16. International Resources
http://europepmc.org
Europe PMC is based on
PubMed Central (PMC),
developed at the NCBI in the
USA and is part of a network of
PMC International (PMCI)
repositories that also includes
PMC Canada. It is supported by
26 funders of life sciences and
biomedical research, including
charities and government
organizations across Europe,
led by the Wellcome Trust.
Europe PMC is developed by
the European Bioinformatics
Institute, The University of
Manchester (Mimas and
NaCTeM), and the British
Library.

17. Gain Familiarity with
Global Research
PubMed Central Canada is a free
on-line archive of published, peer-reviewed
health and life sciences
research that allows users to quickly
and easily search and download the
latest health research papers.
http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/pmcc/

18. KoreaMed
http://www.koreamed.org/
KoreaMed, a service of the
Korean Association of
Medical Journal Editors
(KAMJE), provides access to
articles published in Korean
medical, dental, nursing,
nutrition and veterinary
journals.
KoreaMed records include
links to full-text content in
Synapse and publisher web
sites.

19. PubMed for Mobile
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mobile/
The NLM provides a wide variety
of mobile apps and sites so that
you can search on the go.
Commercial providers have made
a number of excellent apps for iOS
and Android.

20. What’s next?
You have finished the course lessons you may
proceed to the final assessment.