MedlinePlus : trusted health information for you.
| Other author | National Library of Medicine (U.S.) |
| Other author | National Institutes of Health (U.S.) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Bethesda, Md. : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Dept. of Health & Human Services, 1998- |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS34458 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Medline plus |
| Variant title | Title on HTML header: National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus <July 8, 1999-> |
| Variant title | Title on HTML header: MEDLINEplus health information from the National Library of Medicine <June 21, 2004-> |
| Former title | MEDLINEplus : health information |
| Frequency | Updated daily |
| Abstract | Presents up-to-date health care information, selected by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, for use by health care consumers and health professionals. Hundreds of health topics are listed alphabetically and are also grouped into 32 groups. PubMed database searches, with the search queries already formulated, can be initiated from any of the health topics in order to search for more information. Web links are also provided to dictionaries, sites about doctors and dentists, hospitals, organizations, clearinghouses, databases, consumer health publications (some written in Spanish), and libraries. Website was launched by NLM on October 22, 1998. |
| Review | "MEDLINEplus offers free public searches to MEDLINE, long the premier bibliographic database for medical information, as well as access to a vast amount of other information for the health care consumer. There are seven major access points: 'Health Topic, ' Dictionaries, ' 'Search Database, ' 'Clearinghouses, ' 'Directories, ' 'MEDLINE, ' 'Organizations, ' 'Publications/News, ' and 'Libraries.' By selecting a particular Health Topic, a user may access Internet resources from government agencies or private sites such as Mayo Health Oasis. A notable limitation of this site is the fact that many documents retrieved in searches of the MEDLINE database itself are not freely available."--Reviewed Feb. 25, 1999. "Best Free Reference Web Sites 1999," RUSA Quarterly, Fall 1999. Comp. by the MARS Best Free Websites Committee, RUSA, ALA. |
| General note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Other forms | Issued also as a CD-ROM. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: Internet from the NLM web site. Address as of 8/7/03: http://medlineplus.gov/; current access is available via PURL. |
| Language | In English, with a link to the Spanish version. |
| Title history note | Includes materials previously presented in: HealthReach: health information in many languages. |
| Source of description | Contents viewed Oct. 8, 2021; title from home page. |
| Related Item | HealthReach |
| Genre/form | Databases. |
| Genre/form | Directories. |
| Genre/form | Popular works. |
| Genre/form | Databases. |
| LCCN | 00530040 2003556262 |
| GPO item number | 0508-D-04 (online) 0508-D (online) |
| Govt. docs number | HE 20.3629: HE 20.3602:2003019921 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |