Medical Library Association - MLA

Organization URL(s)

info@mlahq.org
www.mlanet.org/  

Other Contact Information

65 East Wacker Place, Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60601-7246

312-419-9094 (Voice)
312-419-8950 (FAX)

Description

MLA, a nonprofit, educational organization, is comprised of health sciences information professionals with more than 4,500 members worldwide. Through its programs and services, MLA provides lifelong educational opportunities, supports a knowledgebase of health information research, and works with a global network of partners to promote the importance of quality information for improved health to the health care community and the public.

Online Resources

• A User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web
  http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html 
  
• Consumer Health Library Directory, Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS)
  http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/generalhealth.html 
  
• Deciphering Medspeak
  http://www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/index.html 
  
• Health Information Literacy
  http://www.mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/ 
  
• Health Web Sites You Can Trust, Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS)
  http://caphis.mlanet.org/resources/index.html 
  
• Information for Health Consumers
  http://www.mlanet.org/resources/consumr_index.html 
  
• MLA Publishing
  http://www.mlanet.org/publications/books/ 
  
• MLA's Top Ten Most Useful Websites
  http://mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/topten.html 
  
• News Page - Medical Library Association
  http://www.mlanet.org/newsroom/index.html 
  

Related Topics

Continuing Education Database Health Care Health Sciences Medical Dictionaries (General)

Review Date

Sun Aug 26, 2007