Online Training Videos

Did you know that you can watch training and instructional videos online through the Databases & Websites section of the library's Webpage?

The Auto Repair Reference Center (in the Home & Auto subject guide) has hundreds of car repair and mantenance videos. Click the AutoIQ tab for a complete list.

The Health & Wellness Resource Center ( in the Health & Medicine subject guide) has brief information al videos on health and medical provided by Healthology. You can get a complete list by clicking Related Topics in the Health Highlights section.

eLibrary (in the Fast Facts subject guide) also has many video and audio clips from educational and news broadcasts on a wide variety of topics. Make sure to have the Audio/Video box checked before you do a search.

You can also find plenty of "how to" instructional videos on the Web. Some of the best sites include: Expert Village, Wonder How To, eHow and TeacherTube.

Take a look at Mashable.com's list of the 10 Best Palces to Find How-To Videos.

Health & Wellness Resource Center – New Search Interface

We are pleased to announce the release of a new search interface plus a range of new features that make your invaluable Health & Wellness Resource Center even better!


Available as of Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007 - the enhancements are designed to:

*Make the database easier to use by offering more opportunities to browse through the database and by enhancing your search options

*Add new pathways to information by adding two new tabs - Videos and News now have their own "homes" in your search results
*Lead users to current and reliable health information by exposing more of the rich content and then labeling it so that it's easier to find - "Reference" is now "Books and Fact Sheets" and "Other Sites" is now "Trusted Sites"

See for yourself - look for these new features in your Health & Wellness Resource Center this week:

*A new, updated interface.
*Additional browsing opportunities, with a streamlined design that offers more graphics and highlights current news headlines.
*Video results under a new "Videos" tab.
*Newspapers, newsletters and news feeds populating a just-added "News" tab.
*Improvements to the printing, e-mailing and viewing options available at the document level.
*Access to PDFs for many periodicals, reference, and pamphlets.
*Many content updates.

Since its inception, Health & Wellness Resource Center has established itself as the “go-to” medical reference in libraries everywhere. Providing easy-to-find answers via an intuitive and customizable interface makes this an ideal resource for researchers of all ages and levels of study.

You will find the Health & Wellness Resource Center on the Library's Website under the Databases & Websites Section.

Take a Guided Tour of the new search interface now!

Dietary Supplements Database

National Library of Medicine launches “Dietary Supplements Labels Database”.

The Dietary Supplements Labels Database offers information about ingredients in more than two thousand selected brands of dietary supplements. It enables users to determine what ingredients are in specific brands and to compare ingredients in different brands. Information is also provided on the health benefits claimed by manufacturers. These claims by manufacturers have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Companies may not market as dietary supplements any products that are intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Ingredients of dietary supplements in this database are linked to other National Library of Medicine databases such as MedlinePlus® and PubMed® to allow users to understand the characteristics of ingredients and view the results of research pertaining to them, including the following characteristics:

-Uses in humans
-Adverse effects
-Mechanism of action

The Database can be searched by brand names, uses noted on product labels, specific active ingredients, and manufacturers.
Warnings and Recalls from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), related to specific ingredients and supplement brands have also been provided.

The database is designed to help both the general public and health care providers find information about ingredients in brand-name products, including name, form, active and inactive ingredients, amount of active ingredient/unit, manufacturer/distributor information, suggested dose, label claims, warnings, percentage of daily value, and further label information.

When you are looking for quality, published health & medical information, visit the "Health & Medicine" section of the library's Databases & Websites.

For more information about dietary supplements and herbal treatments, take a look at the Drug & Herb Finder and the Alternative Health Encyclopedia that are part of the Health & Wellness Information Center.