Want to extract just the PubMed data you need, in the format you want? Dreaming of creating your own PubMed tool or interface, but don’t know where to start? Check out the NLM Webinar “Insider’s Guide to Accessing NLM Data—Welcome to E-utilities for PubMed” on February 13, 2018. Join NLM staff for a one-hour introductory…
Welcome to the world of graphic medicine—the use of comics to tell stories of illness and health. What’s NLM got to do with graphic medicine? A lot! Dozens of images are now online in Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn!, a multi-formatted exhibition which explores this increasingly popular genre and showcases the National Library of Medicine’s…
To find out what’s going on in the growing field of health literacy, NLM in Focus spoke with resident expert Rob Logan, PhD, in the Office of Communication and Public Liaison at NLM. Logan is the co-editor of a new book on health literacy research and practice. What are the main points you want the…
The annual issue of NIH MedlinePlus Salud magazine is now available online and in print. Salud, which means health in Spanish, is a free magazine of NIH and the Friends of the National Library of Medicine. Salud brings accurate and timely information in Spanish and English on health topics to patients and helps explain how NIH…
Kira Makarova, PhD, could have easily coasted through college and her career. But she didn’t. She took advantage of opportunities and overcame setbacks along the way. As a staff scientist at NLM’s National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), Makarova is making her mark in the scientific world by supporting computational biologists all over the globe.…
As a new year begins, NLM in Focus takes a light-hearted look back at 2017 and forward to 2018. How’d we do with our predictions? What do you think will be in or out in the new year? Comment below. What’s IN for 2018 and OUT with 2017 IN for 2018 OUT with 2017 All…
Happy New Year! As we look back at 2017, we wrote, we edited, we interviewed, and we rocked—all to share stories about the people and products making a difference in scientific discovery and public health here at NLM. Here are a few highlights: Winter 2017 We posted stories about NLM disaster health information courses, MedlinePlus.gov…
N-L-M to tune of “Jingle Bells” Dashing through the stacks, Retrieving as we go. We scan and cart and prep to bind While shouting “Ho, ho, ho!” Visible Humans dance And the bust of Lister Hill sings. Our magic isn’t just research But in so many things! N-L-M! N-L-M! Rings as…
Washington Post columnist Joe Davidson calls the Presidential Rank Awards “serious business.” So it seems especially appropriate for NLM to congratulate one of its most serious and respected leaders of the past century, Betsy Humphreys, who was recently recognized as a Presidential Rank Awardee at the Distinguished Level. Humphreys, who retired as deputy director of…
The National Library of Medicine is helping young historians discover its rich collections related to the National History Day 2018 theme, “Conflict and Compromise.” Middle school and high school students throughout the US are preparing projects for History Day, which takes place throughout the school year, with the national finals held June 10-14, 2018, at…
