This is a presentation that was given to a group of public library directors. This presentation outlines some of the top free health and safety resources available from the National Library of Medicine, including PubMed, MedlinePlus, ToxMystery, ToxTown, Household Products Database, NIH Senior Health, LactMed, AIDSinfo, and others.

1. Free Health and Safety Resources for Your Community Emily Vardell Tanya Feddern-Bekcan Geddy Paulaitis September 2010

2. Safety Fairs

3. Health Fairs

4. MedlinePlus http://medlineplus.gov/

5. MedlinePlus Searches

6. Health Topics in MedlinePlus

7. MedlinePlus Diabetes Page

8. MedlinePlus Diabetes Page Continued

9. Español?

10. MedlinePlus en Español http://medlineplus.gov/spanish/ OR http://medlineplus.gov/salud/

11. NIH Senior Health http://nihseniorhealth.gov/

12. PubMed http://www.pubmed.gov/

13. MeSH- Medical Subject Headings

14. MeSH – Acupuncture Modality or Discipline?

15. PubMed

16. MyNCBI

17. ToxMystery http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov/

18. ToxTown http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/

19. Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/

20. Hurricanes Page http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricane.html

21. Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM) http://www.remm.nlm.gov/

22. Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov/

23. AIDSinfo http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/

24. ClinicalTrials.gov http://clinicaltrials.gov/

25. Household Products Database http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/

26. LactMed http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT

27. TOXMAP http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/

28. Thank you!