What's New with MedlinePlus and Go Local?: MLA 2008

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What’s New with MedlinePlus & Go Local?
What’s New with
MedlinePlus & Go Local?
Medical Library Association Annual Meeting
Chicago, IL

NLM Theater Presentation
May 18 & 19, 2008

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Outline of talk

MedlinePlus
                Multiple Languages
                What’s New Page & RSS
                Search Engine
                Dermatology Content
                NIHSeniorHealth

Go Local
                Project Evolution
                Update

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Content-by-Numbers

755 English topics, 721 Spanish
2 Databases, > 1000 entries
~4000 articles
26 Go Local sites
>15 news stories/day, English and Spanish
175 Interactive Tutorials
>960 Clinical Trials
37 NIH Senior Health topics
214 Surgery videos

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Multiple Languages
Multiple Languages

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Examples of language page: Health Information in Chinese - Simplified
Examples of language page: Health Information in Chinese - Simplified

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Example of subject page in multiple languages: Common Cold
Example of subject page in multiple languages: Common Cold

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Example of Common Cold topic page with Language sidebar
Example of Common Cold topic page with Language sidebar

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Graphic of language distribution on earth (showing 9 languages)
Graphic of language distribution on earth (showing 9 languages)

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What’s New Page & RSS
What’s New Page & RSS

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What’s New on MedlinePlus page
What’s New on MedlinePlus page

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Search engine clustering by collection
Search engine clustering by collection

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Spanish version of search engine clustering by collection
Spanish version of search engine clustering by colleciton

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Dermatology Content: Dry Skin example
Dermatology Content: Dry Skin example

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Dermatology Content: Pictures & Photographs
Dermatology Content: Pictures & Photographs

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NIH SeniorHealth

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NIHSeniorHealth

Toolkit for Trainers (NIA)
37 topics total
New since May 2007
- Skin Cancer (NCI)
- Talking with Your Doctor (NIA)
- Participating in Clinical Trials (NLM)
- High Blood Cholesterol (NHLBI)
- Kidney Disease (NIDDK)
- Eating Well As You Get Older (NIA)
New Homepage coming soon