Discover NNLM Resource Guides

Posted by Hannah Sinemus on February 16th, 2017 Posted in: Consumer Health, Disaster / Emergency Preparedness, Education, Evaluation, Health Professionals, K-12, Outreach, Public Health

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The mission of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) is to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing US 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. In line with this, coordinators with NNLM promote programs and resources created by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other government agencies.

NNLM has developed many programs to promote the  wealth of biomedical and health information tools available through these agencies, but as a consumer, health professional, librarian, or public health worker, you may be wondering how you can find even more resources that are tailored to your specific needs. Fortunately, our coordinators have met this challenge in the creation of NNLM Resource Guides.

Guides serve as comprehensive online collections of resources and tools that are relevant to specific audiences or topics. Across the Network we have over 40 Guides on a wide range of topics from general consumer health to emergency preparedness, to evaluating health information on the internet.

Here are a few Guides created and maintained by coordinators in the Middle Atlantic Region (MAR):

• Academic Libraries – for librarians, professionals, and students at the collegiate level
• Consumer Health – resources on a variety of topics such as adult and teen health, educators, caregivers, multicultural and more
• Disaster & Emergency Preparedness – including resources on developing an emergency response plan, and state contacts for disaster management
• Health Outreach and Programming – learn how to integrate health information resources into your own programming
• Health Professionals – resources for rural health, public health workers, minority health workers, and more
• Hospital Libraries – resources for hospital librarians and health professionals
• K-12 Resources – resources on a variety of topics for K-12 educators, administrators and nurses, including environmental health and genetics
• Multicultural Resources – topics surrounding immigrant, refugee and other multi-cultural populations including multi-lingual resources and minority health
• Free Materials – a guide to finding free materials online from reputable government and non-government agencies
• Proposal Writing – a tool for planning, evaluating and writing your grants and proposals

Looking for more? Contact NNLM MAR for consultations and to learn about upcoming opportunities for training, or check out other Regions to find the rest of our online Resource Guides.