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Linking to MedlinePlus

How not to link to MedlinePlus
Graphics and text you can use to link to MedlinePlus

You are welcome to link to MedlinePlus (http://medlineplus.gov) and to any of its 750 health topic pages. Please indicate that the link is to MedlinePlus or the National Library of Medicine.

We recommend that you link to:

• the MedlinePlus homepage (http://medlineplus.gov/)
• MedlinePlus en español (http://medlineplus.gov/spanish/)

Do not link to:

• the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia, including http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
• individual tutorials from the Patient Education Institute
• individual news stories – HealthDay and Reuters stories expire after 90 days
• individual surgery videos from OR-Live

How not to link to MedlinePlus

You may not frame or manipulate web addresses (URLs) so that MedlinePlus pages appear on a URL other than www.nlm.nih.gov or medlineplus.gov. You may not give the impression or create the illusion that MedlinePlus content is under another domain name or location.

The National Library of Medicine licenses material expressly for use on MedlinePlus. This material is copyrighted and we cannot give you permission to link to it. You may not systematically link to any of the copyrighted material found on MedlinePlus.

For more information on copyrighted materials on MedlinePlus, please see our copyright FAQ.

Graphics and text you can use to link to MedlinePlus

You can use the following text to describe MedlinePlus:

MedlinePlus directs you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus also contains extensive information about drugs and supplements, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive tutorials, the latest health news, and surgery videos.

Choose from the following images and text links. The corresponding HTML code for each link appears directly below it. Paste the desired HTML code directly into your page.

MedlinePlus®

<a href="http://medlineplus.gov/">MedlinePlus&reg;</a>

To point users to MedlinePlus and open the results in a new window, the code is:

<a href="http://medlineplus.gov/" target="medlinepluswindow">MedlinePlus&reg;</a>

Search MedlinePlus® to find authoritative consumer health information.

Search<a href="http://medlineplus.gov/">MedlinePlus&reg;</a> to find authoritative consumer health information.

<a href="http://medlineplus.gov/"><img src=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/mplussm.gif" alt="MedlinePlus" width="120" height="25" /></a>

<a href="http://medlineplus.gov/"><img src="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/mpluslinksm.gif" alt="MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You" width="179" height="35" /></a>

<a href="http://medlineplus.gov/"><img src="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/mpluslinkmed.gif" alt="MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You: A service of the National Library of Medicine" width="200" height="110" /></a>

<a href="http://medlineplus.gov/"><img src="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/medplus1.gif" alt="For the Public: MedlinePlus Health Information. Tambi&eacute;n en espa&ntilde;ol" width="200" height="90" /></a>

We welcome you to place the MedlinePlus search box on your Web site as long as you:

• clearly identify the box as belonging to MedlinePlus
• display the search results in their own window, not in a frame
• use the exact search code provided below
• link the word MedlinePlus or the graphic to the MedlinePlus homepage (http://medlineplus.gov/)

To put the MedlinePlus search box on your own page and open the results in the same window, the code is:

Search MedlinePlus:   

<form method="get" action="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/search/medlineplus" title="MedlinePlus Search input"  target="_self">
Search <a href="http://medlineplus.gov/">MedlinePlus</a>:   
<input type="text" name="query" size="20" maxlength="250">
<input type="image" src="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/search.gif" align="absmiddle" width="57" height="24" border="0" title="Search" alt="Search">
</form>

To put the MedlinePlus search box on your own page and open the results in a new window, the code is:

Search MedlinePlus:   

<form method="get" action="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/search/medlineplus" title="MedlinePlus Search input"  target="resultwindow">
Search <a href="http://medlineplus.gov/">MedlinePlus</a>:   
<input type="text" name="query" size="20" maxlength="250">
<input type="image" src="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/search.gif" align="absmiddle" width="57" height="24" border="0" title="Search" alt="Search">
</form>