[PNRNews] MedlinePlus debuts a multilingual feature!

[NNLM PNR]

Today, May 7th, MedlinePlus released a multilingual feature, providing 
access to high quality health information in languages other than English 
and Spanish. This new service, linked from the MedlinePlus homepage and 
available directly at 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html, benefits 
people who prefer to read consumer health information in their native 
language. It also helps the information professionals and health care 
providers who serve them.

The new collection contains over 2,500 links to information in more than
40 languages and covers nearly 250 Health Topics.

Users can navigate the new collection of health information in multiple
languages either by language or by topic. In addition, a languages box
with a list of language names displays on the English Health Topic
pages. The language names link to information on MedlinePlus in multiple
languages for that topic

You can also use the MedlinePlus search tool to find these pages. A new
collection called Multiple Languages appears in the MedlinePlus search
results.  Look for an update to the MedlinePlus Search Tips in the near
future.

In addition, an interactive world map teaches users about the number of
people who speak nine of the languages in the MedlinePlus collection.

The MedlinePlus collection of health information in multiple languages
is not meant to be comprehensive. Instead, as with our English and
Spanish collections, MedlinePlus staff selects materials according to
our quality guidelines. We also follow quality guidelines that are
specific to the new collection.

An article about this enhancement will be available soon from the NLM
Technical Bulletin.

As always, NLM welcomes your comments and suggestions about MedlinePlus.
A "Contact Us" link appears at the top of every MedlinePlus page.

Thank you,

The MedlinePlus Team


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