The resources listed below were presented within a slideshow for attendees at the Pathways Into Health conference on October 14, 2015. This handout condenses the information and provides direct links to sites.

1. A Lifetime of Health Information: An Ecosystem for Learning
October 14, 2015
Pathways Into Health
The resources listed below were presented within a slideshow for attendees at the Pathways Into
Health conference. This handout condenses the information and provides direct links to sites.
Presenter:
Emily J. Glenn, MSLS, AHIP
Community Health Outreach Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region
eglenn2@uw.edu
Introduction:
National Network of Libraries of Medicine: http://nnlm.gov/
The mission of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) is to advance the
progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals
with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to
enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The Program is coordinated by the
National Library of Medicine and carried out through a nationwide network of health science
libraries and information centers.
The NN/LM, formerly the Regional Medical Library Program, has been serving the biomedical
information needs of the nation for over forty years. Established in the Medical Library
Assistance Act of 1965, member libraries and information centers in the NN/LM provide health
professionals and the general public with health information resources and services. Members
are supported via eight regional offices under contract to the National Library of Medicine. The
National Network Office located at the National Library of Medicine, oversees these contracts.
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region: http://nnlm.gov/pnr
Supporting collaboration among regional libraries, information centers, and community-based
organizations in the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
Health Literacy:
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2. Get Articles links:
LoansomeDoc: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/loansome_doc.html
Loansome Doc connects individuals to medical libraries. It is available to users in the U.S. and
internationally. A user can order articles from a list of citations retrieved from PubMed by
sending requests to a library for the full-text documents.
National Library of Medicine: https://www.nlm.nih.gov
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world’s largest biomedical library, maintains and
makes available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources on a wide
range of topics. It also supports and conducts research, development, and training in
biomedical informatics and health information technology. In addition, the Library coordinates
a 6,000-member National Network of Libraries of Medicine that promotes and provides access
to health information in communities across the United States.
PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
Open access and “freely available”:
BioMed Central: http://www.biomedcentral.com/
FreeMedicalJournals.com: http://freemedicaljournals.com/
Highwire (free, online selected): http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl
Public Library of Science (PLoS): https://www.plos.org/
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): https://doaj.org/
PubMed Central: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
Clinical Care and Research links:
PubMed Health: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/
BEstBETS: http://www.bestbets.org/
BETs were developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, to
provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic
approach to reviewing the literature.
Trip database: https://www.tripdatabase.com/

3. Medical search engine with emphasis on evidence based medicine (EBM) and clinical guidelines
and queries, including content from Cochrane and Bandolier.
Cochrane Reviews (via the Cochrane Library): http://www.cochranelibrary.com/
Drug information:
PillBox: http://pillbox.nlm.nih.gov
Identify or search for a pill. Pillbox also links you to the drug label, clinical trials, breastfeeding
safety, and more.
Epocrates (some website sections are free, not the app): http://www.epocrates.com/
Drug Information Portal: http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/drugportal.jsp
The NLM Drug Information Portal gives users a gateway to selected drug information from the
National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies.
Daily Med: http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/
DailyMed provides trustworthy information about marketed drugs in the United States. DailyMed is
the official provider of FDA label information (package inserts). This Web site provides a standard,
comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling
found in medication package inserts. Note: Does not contain a complete listing of labels for
approved prescription drugs
Free books and guidelines:
Bookshelf from NCBI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books
Bookshelf provides free online access to books and documents in life science and healthcare.
Search, read, and discover.
Disease Management: http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/
A free, online clinical resource created by Cleveland Clinic physicians, this guide provides
evidence-based treatment guidelines and the comprehensive, reliable information clinicians
need to conduct a busy clinical practice.
Merck Manuals: http://www.merckmanuals.com/
Free online professional and consumer versions. The Manuals, known as the Merck Manuals in
the United States and Canada, are one of the world’s most widely used medical information
resources.
National Academies Press: http://www.nap.edu/

4. Freebooks4Doctors: http://www.freebooks4doctors.com/
National Guideline Clearinghouse: http://www.guideline.gov/
An initiative of AHRQ. The NGC mission is to provide physicians and other health professionals,
health care providers, health plans, integrated delivery systems, purchasers, and others an
accessible mechanism for obtaining objective, detailed information on clinical practice
guidelines and to further their dissemination, implementation, and use.
Center for Disease Control (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/publications/
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Stacks: http://stacks.cdc.gov/welcome/
An all-PDF digital library of public health information.
The Agency for Healthcare Research (AHRQ)
Clinical Information from AHRQ For Professionals:
http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/index.html
Clinical Information from AHRQ For Patients and Consumers: http://www.ahrq.gov/patients-
consumers/index.html
Tools, recommendations, and resources for clinicians, providers, hospitals, and health
systems.
The Community Guide: http://www.thecommunityguide.org/index.html
The Guide is a free resource to help you choose programs and policies to improve health and
prevent disease in your community. Systematic reviews are used to answer these questions:
 Which program and policy interventions have been proven effective?
 Are there effective interventions that are right for my community?
 What might effective interventions cost; what is the likely return on investment?
For Patients and Communities:
MedlinePlus: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
First-stop portal for people who have little familiarity with a condition or disease. Also includes
health supplements, drugs, and tools. Provide increasingly more complex information – from
consumer and general patient treatment and therapies to related issues, statistics, trials,
articles, experts, evidence, and patient handouts.
Healthfinder.gov: http://healthfinder.gov/

5. Larger portal for health topic guides.
Cancer.gov: http://www.cancer.gov/
The National Cancer Institute collects and disseminate information on cancer detection, diagnosis,
treatment, prevention, control, palliative care, and survivorship.
Genetics Home Reference: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/
Genetics Home Reference provides consumer-friendly information about the effects of genetic
variations on human health.
Teaching K-12
National Institutes of Health Curriculum Supplement Series: https://science.education.nih.gov/
The NIH curriculum supplements are teacher’s guides to two weeks of lessons on the science behind
selected health topics. They combine cutting-edge biomedical discoveries with state-of-the-art
instructional practices.
K-12 Science and Health Education: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/k12.html
National Library of Medicines’ Specialized Information Sources unit provides reliable resources
to help introduce, reinforce, and supplement education programs.
NIH Research and Training: Science Education: http://www.nih.gov/science/education.htm
Resources for K-12 students and teachers.