Promoting Environmental Health Education: Free Resources from the National Library of Medicine Kate...
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- Promoting Environmental Health Education: Free Resources from
the National Library of Medicine Kate Flewelling, MLIS National
Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region
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- National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Mission
Provide health professionals and the general public with equal
access to biomedical information Coordinated by the National
Library of Medicine 8 Regional Offices Support Network members to
achieve NN/LM mission 5-year contracts
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- Who can become Network Members? Any library, information center
or other organization providing health information Membership is
free! Resource Libraries Other Libraries Academic, community
college, public, hospital, K-12 Community and Faith-Based
Organizations Public Health Departments Health Organizations
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- Benefits of Membership Training and educational opportunities
Handouts on Materials Networking opportunities Funding
opportunities If your organization provides health information
services become a member at: http://nnlm.gov
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- National Library of Medicine Part of the National Institutes of
Health, NLM is the provider of PubMed.gov, MedlinePlus.gov, and
many other health information resources http://www.nlm.nih.gov
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- Resources available at:
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/k12.html
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- Environmental Health Student Portal
http://kidsenvirohealth.nlm.nih.gov/ Middle School Students
Experiments and Projects Homework Help Lesson Plans
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- Household Products Database http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/
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- HPD answers: What are the chemical ingredients and their
percentage in specific brands? Which products contain specific
chemical ingredients? Who manufactures a specific brand? How do I
contact this manufacturer? What are the acute and chronic effects
of chemical ingredients in a specific brand? What other information
is available about chemicals in the toxicology-related databases of
the National Library of Medicine?
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- http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov Tox
Town and ToxMystery
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- ToxMystery Designed for elementary aged students Search for
health hazards with Toxie the Cat Available in Spanish
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- Garage
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- Teacher Resources
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- ToxTown
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- What can you see in the Port?
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- Scenes from Tox Town
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- Timely Topics
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- Teacher resources in Tox Town Tox Town-Based Curriculum Units /
Science Club Classroom Activities Interactive Resources Careers in
Environmental Health, Chemistry, and Toxicology
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- Discovering the Connection: Your Environment, Your Health
Afterschool middle school science club Six units Research in Tox
Town Hands-on
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- Thank You! This project has been funded in whole or in part
with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services,
under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00003-C with the University of
Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System. Kate Flewelling, MLIS
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region
http://nnlm.gov/mar/ flewkate@pitt.edu