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The following are a selection of resources available free of charge that offer health information. They include electronic publications, databases, discussion groups, and online responses to health questions. Specific health sections of community networks are also listed here. For a more complete listing of Internet health information resources, search the health information resources database at the National Health Information Center.
Assistant Commerce Secretary Larry Irving released Connecting the Nation: Classrooms, Libraries, and Health Care Organizations in the Information Age on June 28. "Connecting the Nation is the most comprehensive compilation of information on the connectivity level of public institutions. It will prove a valuable resource for all of us...who are concerned about the growing gap between the information 'haves' and 'have-nots'," said Irving. The report concludes that although the status of public institution connectivity to the Internet is improving, far too many lack the connections they will need for the Information Age. For more information or a hard copy of Connecting the Nation, please contact Emilio Gonzalez at 202-482-5802.
Internet Costs and Cost
Models for Public Libraries: Final Report
Charles R. McClure, John Carlo Bertot, and John C. Beachboard
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-4100
315-443-2911
Printed copies of this report are available from the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, 1110 Vermont Avenue NW., Suite 820, Washington, DC 20005 (phone: 202-606-9200).
Policy Initiatives and Strategies for
Enhancing the Role of Public Libraries in the National Information Infrastructure (NII) --
Discussion Paper
Charles R. McClure, John Carlo Bertot, John C. Beachboard, J. Holly McCabe, and Susan
Scoville
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
For The National Science Foundation, Grant RED - 9454732
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services page provides links to the many HHS WWW pages as well as links to selected health topics and federal resources.
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information provides a wealth of information on alcohol and drug treatment and prevention.
The Center for Information Technology Accommodation (CITA), formerly known as the Clearinghouse on Computer Accommodation (COCA), maintains a server that is a clearinghouse of information on making Information Systems accessible to all users.
The City of Philadelphia: Neighborhoods Online Health Page includes a listing of links of national resources for community services, services for young people, senior citizens, low-income Americans, and general health services.
National Health Information Center is a health information referral service that puts health professionals and consumers with health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers. This WWW site includes a searchable database of health organizations.
The WWW Virtual Library - Community Networks includes a geographical listing of community networks with WWW presences.
The Ohio Valley Community Health Information Network provides health information to the public. This page includes information on diseases, drugs, standard and alternative treatments, and general health and wellness. Information is obtained from a variety of sources, such as textbooks, standard medical and professional journals, and articles.
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) is a pilot project funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce and The City University of New York. Its purpose is to serve as a guide to health information and resources. NOAH delivers information from volunteer and local governmental health agencies and from other health sites on the Internet.
The Civic Network is an evolving collection of online resources dedicated to supporting civic life and civic participation. It is a project of The Center for Civic Networking, in collaboration with a growing number of individuals and organizations.
A Beginner's Guide to HTML provides an introduction to the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) that is used to create WWW pages.
The Yahoo Index is one of the more popular indices on the WWW, listing thousands of sites in an easy-to-follow and well-organized manner.
Webcrawler is an Internet search tool that helps in locating sites on the WWW.
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