Tips on Using This Site

1. Understand the purpose of this site: to help you find healthcare information resources 'local' to Brunswick Maine and surrounding areas. We do have some links to quality national healthcare sites. But our focus on this site is local Maine healthcare resources. By local, we mean within a reasonable driving distance of Brunswick, Maine.

2. Take the narrated tour to see and hear how this website can be used to find the information you want. The tour takes about 2 minutes.

3. Understand the five menu items used to find healthcare information on our site. They are:

a. Local & Maine resources by topic:

This menu item brings up a list of healthcare topics (e.g., smoking, exercise). Then, clicking on a topic brings up a list resources relating to that topic.

Click here to see a sample screen of topics in use

Included in that list will always be at least one direct link to the Curtis Memorial Library catalog system which will search for resources assigned to this topic.

Tip: Use the 'topics' system as a simple way to find local and Maine-wide resources.

b. Search Curtis Library Catalog:

This link provides you direct access to the full catalog of Curtis Memorial Library.

Tip: Use this when you want to have total control over how the library catalog is searched. Here are tips for searching.

c. Medical Journals:

We've grouped locally available medical journals by topic on this page.

Tip: If you are interested in healthcare journals, this is a quick place to find them! The same journals can also be found by using "Local & Maine resources by topic", but the Medical Journals page provides a "one-stop-shop".

d. Classes and Support Groups:

We've also grouped locally available classes and support groups on this page.

Tip: If you are interested in classes & support groups, this is a quick place to find them! The same classes and support groups can also be found using "Local & Maine resources by topic", but this page provides a "one-stop-shop".

e. National Resources:

This is a page of quality national healthcare websites.