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These articles are scholarly and professional in scope. The topics covered include MedlinePlus creation and maintenance and how the site is used by librarians, consumers, and professionals.
McCord SK. An accessibility assessment of selected web-based health information resources. Library Hi Tech [Internet]. 2002 Jun 26 [cited 2005 Jan 25];20(2):188-98. Available from: http://thesius.emeraldinsight.com Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1108/07378830210432552
Conference ProceedingsHutchins J. MEDLINEPlus: technical abstract. In: Nixon C, Burmood J, editors. Computers in libraries. Proceedings of the 15th Computers in Libraries Conference; 2000 Mar 15-17; Washington, DC. Washington (DC): Information Today; 2000. p. 107.
Lacroix EM. MEDLINEplus: delivering health information to consumers. In: Nixon C, Burmood J, editors. Computers in libraries. Proceedings of the 15th Computers in Libraries Conference; 2000 Mar 15-17; Washington, DC. Washington (DC): Information Today; 2000. p. 147.
Lu WH, Lin RS, Chan YC, Chen KH. Overcoming terminology barrier using Web resources for cross-language medical information retrieval. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Internet]. 2006 [cited 2007 Sep 29];519-23. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1839663
Lu WH, Lin SJ, Chan YC, Chen KH. Semi-Automatic Construction of the Chinese-English MeSH Using Web-Based Term Translation Method. Proceedings of the AMIA Annual Symposium [Internet]. 2005 [cited 2007 Dec 17];475-9. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1560756
Zeng QT, Tse T, Crowell J, Divita G, Roth L, Browne AC. Identifying Consumer-Friendly Display (CFD) Names for Health Concepts. Proceedings of the AMIA Annual Symposium [Internet]. 2005[cited 2008 Mar 6];859-63. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1560732
EditorialsLevine P. What should be the role of government-supported medical websites? LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal [Internet]. 2004 Sep [cited 2005 Jan 25];14(2):[about 15 p.]. Available from: http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres14n2/index.htm
General DescriptionsBurke C, Ahmed T, Greenberg S. Serving our colleagues: reference and history of medicine services from the National Library of Medicine. Medical reference services quarterly [Internet]. 2007 Spring [cited 2007 Mar 29];26(1):73-80. Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1300/J115v26n01_07
Chepesiuk R. Prognosis: Literacy. American Libraries [Internet]. 2007 Dec [cited 2007 Dec 18];38(11): 54-6. Available from: http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/ Subscription required to view.
Fomous C, Miller N. The role of National Library of Medicine web sites in newborn screening education. Mental retardation and developmental disabilities research reviews [Internet].2006 [cited 2007 Mar 29];12(4):305-12. Available from: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/114028959/PDFSTART Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20125
Hogan K. Medical questions? MEDLINEplus and the National Library of Medicine has answers. Health Care on the Internet [Internet]. 1999 [cited 2005 Jan 25];3(2):27-32. Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1300/J138v03n02_04
Lacroix EM. How consumers are gathering information from MEDLINEplus. Science Communication [Internet]. 2001 Mar [cited 2005 Jan 25];22(3):283-91. Available from: http://scx.sagepub.com Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1177/1075547001022003005
Lacroix EM, Mehnert R. The US National Library of Medicine in the 21st century: expanding collections, nontraditional formats, new audiences. Health Information and Libraries Journal [Internet]. 2002 Sep [cited 2005 Jan 25];19(3):126-32. Available from: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1471-1842.2002.00382.x/full Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-1842.2002.00382.x
Lindberg DAB. Internet access to the National Library of Medicine. Effective Clinical Practice [Internet]. 2000 Sep-Oct [cited 2005 Jan 25];3(5):256-60. Available from: http://www.acponline.org/journals/ecp/sepoct00/nlm.pdf 2 different volume numbers listed for this PDF article. The number is Volume 3, not Volume 4.
Marill JL, Miller N, Kitendaugh P. The MedlinePlus public user interface: studies of design challenges and opportunities. Journal of the Medical Library Association [Internet]. 2006 Jan. [cited 2006 Mar 01];94(1):30-40. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1324769
Miller N, Backus J. MEDLINEplus update. Consumer Connections [Internet]. 2003 Apr-Jun [cited 2005 Jan 25];19(2):[about 2 p.].
Miller N, Lacroix EM, Backus J. The making of Medlineplus. Public Libraries. 2001 Mar-Apr;40(2):111-3.
Miller N, Lacroix EM, Backus J. MEDLINEplus: building and maintaining the National Library of Medicine's consumer health Web service. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association [Internet]. 2000 Jan [cited 2005 Jan 25];88(1):11-7. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=35193
Miller N, Tyler RJ, Backus JEB. MedlinePlus: The National Library of Medicine brings quality information to health consumers. Library Trends [Internet]. 2004 Fall[cited 2005 Jan 25];53(2):375-88. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/staffpubs/lo/LibraryTrends_fall2004.pdf
Mitchell JA, Fomous C, Fun J. Challenges and strategies of the Genetics Home Reference. Journal of the Medical Library Association [Internet]. 2006 Jul [cited 2006 Sep 15];94(3):336-42. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=16888669
Mitchell JA, Fun J, McCray AT. Design of Genetics Home Reference: a new NLM consumer health resource. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association [Internet]. 2004 Nov-Dec [cited 2005 Jan 25];11(6):439-47. Available from: http://www.jamia.org/cgi/reprint/11/6/439 Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1549
Mitchell JA, McCray AT. The Genetics Home Reference: a new NLM consumer health resource. Proceedings of the AMIA Annual Symposium [Internet]. 2003 [cited 2005 Jan 25]:936. Available from: http://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/lhc/docs/published/2003/pub2003059.pdf
NIH MedlinePlus: The Magazine [Internet]. Greensboro (NC): Vitality Communications. Vol. 1, No. 1, 2006 - [cited 2006 Dec 21]. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/magazine.html
Sabo RM. Consumer Health Websites as a Platform for Teaching Evaluation of Internet Content in a Library Instruction Course. MLA Forum (Michigan Library Association) [Internet]. 2007 Jun 28 [cited 2007 Sep 12];5(3):[about 4 p.]. Available from: http://www.mlaforum.org/volumeV/issue3/article6.html
Go LocalBlake C, West D, Luo L, Marchionini G. Cataloging On-Line Health Information: a Content Analysis of the NC Health Info Portal. Proceedings of the AMIA Annual Symposium [Internet]. 2005 [cited 2006 Mar 6];56-60. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1560486
Gore, S. All health is local: Go local Massachusetts helps consumers locate health care services close to home. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet [Internet]. 2006 [cited 2006 Oct 17];10(4):1-14. Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1300/J381v10n04_01
Heidenreich FL, Auflick PA. AZHealthInfo: a database that complements Arizona's new "Go Local" directory of services and enhances online access to local health information. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet [Internet]. 2007 [cited 2007 Mar 21];11(1):1-13. Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1300/J381v11n01_0
Hilligoss B, Silbajoris C. MedlinePlus goes local in NC: the development and implementation of NC Health Info. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet [Internet]. 2004 [cited 2005 Feb 14];8(4):9-26. Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1300/J381v08n04_01
Hogan Smith K , MacCall S, Vucovich L. MedlinePlus "Go Local" and consumer health collection development. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet [Internet]. 2007 [cited 2007 Aug 30];11(2):43-59. Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com/. Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1300/J381v11n02_04
Howell LM, Prentice KA. The Creation of Lone Star Go Local for South Texas: A Star Is Born. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet [Internet]. 2007 [cited 2007 Dec 14];11(3):13-34. Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com/. Available for purchase. DOI:10.1300/J381v11n03_02
Jenkins CG, Marshall JG, McDuffee D. MedlinePlus goes local in NC: context and concept. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet [Internet]. 2004 [cited 2005 Feb 14];8(4):1-8. Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1300/J381v08n04_01
Richwine, P. IN Health Connect: connecting local health services to quality-filtered health information. Indiana Libraries. 2005;24(3):12-13.
Richwine, PW, Skopelja, E, Rider, L. Better than yellow pages: Go local for health services where you live. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet [Internet]. 2006 [cited 2007 Mar 21];10(4):15-26. Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com Available for purchase. DOI:10.1300/J381v10n04_02
Silbajoris C, McDuffee D, Olney C. Creating the first MedlinePlus "Go Local" service: lessons and recommendations from the evaluation of NC Health Info. Med Ref Serv Q [Internet]. 2007 Summer [cited 2007 May 26];26(2):75-86. Available from http://www.haworthpressinc.com Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1300/J115v26n02_07
Wonderful Wyoming: Wyoming builds Go Local database. CW Newsletter (Connect Wyoming Newsletter) [Internet]. 2005 Jan 28 [cited 2005 Mar 1];7(1):[about 1p.]. Available from: http://www.uwyo.edu/wind/connect/newsletter/past.asp?issue=vol7iss1.inc#wyo
Workman TE, Stoddart JM. Building Online health resources using freely available tools: the goLocalUtah experience. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet [Internet]. 2007 [cited 2007 Mar 21];11(1):15-31. Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1300/J381v11n01_02
InternationalBodenreider O. Comment les usagers accèdent à l'information médicale aux états-unis: l'exemple de medlineplus [How consumers access health information in the USA: The Medlineplus example]. ITBM-RBM (Revue Européenne de Technologie Biomédicale) [Internet]. 2000 Sep-Oct [cited 2005 Jan 25];21(5):286-90. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/12979562 Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1016/S1297-9562(00)90057-3. French.
Darmoni S, Thirion B, Platel S, Douyere M, Mourouga P, Leroy JP. CISMeF-patient: a French counterpart to MEDLINEplus. Journal of the Medical Library Association [Internet]. 2002 Apr [cited 2005 Jan 25];90(2):248-53. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=100773
Liem SL. NTvT digitaal - MEDLINEplus: een virtuele medische encyclopedie [NTvT digital: a virtual medical encyclopedia]. Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Tandheelkunde (Dutch Journal of Dentistry) [Internet]. 2003 Dec [cited 2005 Jan 25];110(12):524. Available from: http://www.ntvt.nl/artikel/?artikel=55&rubriek=5 Dutch.
Maquet D, Croisier JL, Crielaard JM. Le point sur la fibromyalgie: what happens to the fibromyalgia syndrome? Annales de Réadaptation et de Médecine Physique [Internet]. 2001 Jul [cited 2005 Jan 25];44(6):316-25. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01686054 Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6054(01)00108-8. French.
Soualmia LF, Darmoni SJ. Combining different standards and different approaches for health information retrieval in a quality-controlled gateway. International Journal of Medical Informatics [Internet]. 2005 Mar [cited 2005 Mar 1];74(2-4):141-50. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13865056 Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.05.012
Thygesen M, Vondeling H, Douw K, Jonler M, Pedersen KV, Mommsen S. [Development of an Internet search strategy to identify new medical technologies in prostate cancer]. Ugeskr Laeger [Internet]. 2007 May [cited 2007 July 19];14;169(20):1912-6. Available from http://www.ugeskriftet.dk Danish.
MedlinePlus en españolMedline in Spanish. Ob.Gyn. News [Internet]. 2002 Dec 1 [cited 2005 Jan 25];37(23):42. Available from: http://www.obgynnews.com/ Registration required to view.
MedlinePlus en Español. Information Retrieval and Library Automation. 2002 May;38(5):10.
MEDLINEplus in Spanish. Advanced Technology Libraries [Internet]. 2002 Nov [cited 2005 Jan 25];31(11):3. Available from: http://site.ebrary.com/pub/atl/Top?channelName=atl--pub&id=10027506&layout=home&page=1 Fee required to print article.
National Library of Medicine launches MEDLINEplus in Spanish. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing [Internet]. 2002 Nov-Dec [cited 2005 Jan 25];20(6):217-28. Available from: http://www.cinjournal.com Available for purchase.
The practical Internet. Give your patients the information they need -- MEDLINEplus now can do it in Spanish. Internet Medicine. 2002 Nov;7(11):1, 9.
NewsDoyle E. Medlineplus project: premium information for patients. ACP Observer [Internet]. 2003 Dec [cited 2005 Jan 25]: [about 3 p.]. Available from: http://www.acponline.org/journals/news/dec03/medlineplus.htm
Koon KA. News briefs. Journal of Community Health Nursing [Internet]. 2003 Jun [cited 2005 Jan 25];20(2):133-4. Available from: http://www.leaonline.com/loi/jchn Available for purchase.
MEDLINEplus tutorials; LOCATORplus upgrade. Information Retrieval and Library Automation. 2001 Nov;36(11):6.
MEDLINEplus web site redesigned. Medicine on the Net [Internet]. 2003 Jun [cited 2005 Jan 25];9(1):125. Available from: http://www.hcpro.com/pub-3476-6-2003.html Available for purchase.
NLM adds extensive drug info to MEDLINEplus. Online Newsletter [Internet]. 2000 Jun [cited 2005 Jan 25]: [about 1 p.]. Available from: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BNO/is_2000_June/ai_62263368/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1
NLM creates anthrax page on Medlineplus. Library Journal [Internet]. 2001 Oct 22 [cited 2005 Jan 25]: [1 paragraph]. Available from: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA178706
Patient Education/Information PrescriptionD'Alessandro DM. A randomized controlled trial of an information prescription for pediatric patient education on the Internet. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine [Internet]. 2004 Sep [cited 2005 Jan 25];158(9):857-62. Available from: http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/content/vol158/issue9/index.dtl Available for purchase.
Dillon K. "Health Information Prescription" project launched in Virginia. Virginia Libraries [Internet]. 2004 Jan-Mar [cited 2005 Jan 25];50(1):15-6. Available from: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/VALib/v50_n1/v50n1.pdf
Jones S. Health information referral project. Virginia Libraries [Internet]. 2004 Apr-Jun [cited 2005 Jan 25];50(2):11-6. Available from: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/VALib/v50_n2/v50n2.pdf
Ko Y, Brown M, Frost R, Woosley RL. Brief report: development of a prescription medication information webliography for consumers. Journal of general internal medicine [Internet]. 2006 Dec [cited 2006 Dec 21];21(12):1313-6. Epub 2006 Sep 25. Available from: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/jgi/21/s5. Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00620.x
Online patient education becomes a reality, just click on MEDLINEplus to check it out. Internet Medicine. 2001 Dec;6(12):11-2.
Research and EvaluationBurkell J, Campbell DG. "What does this mean?" How Web-based consumer health information fails to support information seeking in the pursuit of informed consent for screening test decisions. Journal of the Medical Library Association [Internet]. 2005 Jul [cited 2005 Aug 6];93(3):363-73. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1175802
Coleman B. Producing an information leaflet to help patients access high quality drug information on the Internet: a local study. Health Information and Libraries Journal [Internet]. 2003 Sep [cited 2005 Jan 25];20(3):160-71. Available from: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/120095510/PDFSTART Avaiable for purchase. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2532.2003.00426.x
Crowell J, Zeng Q, Ngo L, Lacroix EM. A frequency-based technique to improve the spelling suggestion rank in medical queries. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association [Internet]. 2004 May [cited 2005 Jan 25];11(3):179-85. Available from: http://www.jamia.org/cgi/content/full/11/3/179 Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1474
Fiszman M, Rindflesch TC, Kilicoglu H. Interpreting hypernymic propositions in an online medical encyclopedia. Proceedings of the AMIA Annual Symposium [Internet]. 2003 [cited 2005 Jan 25]:840. Available from: http://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/lhc/docs/published/2003/pub2003056.pdf
Fiszman M, Rindflesch TC, Kilicoglu H. Summarization of an online medical encyclopedia. Medinfo. 2004;11(Pt 1):506-10.
Hailemeskel B, Dutta AP, Daftary M, Akiyode O, Ayuk-Egbe P, Koomer A, Ellis L, Ward L, Xue Z. Campus-community pharmacy partnership to foster awareness and use of MedlinePlus. J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash DC) [Internet]. 2007 May-June 1 [cited 2007 May 19];47(3):385-389. Available from: http://www.pharmacist.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=JAPhA2. Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2007.06067
How well do supplements work? Check this source. Heart Advisor [Internet]. 2006 Dec [cited 2008 Mar 6]; 9(12):5. Available from: http://www.heart-advisor.com/pub/9_12/features/398-1.html Available for purchase.
Keselman A, Browne AC, and Kaufman DR . Consumer health information seeking as hypothesis testing. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association [Internet]. 2008 Jul-Aug [cited 2008 Apr 26];15(4):484-95. Epub 2008 Apr 24. Available from: http://www.jamia.org/cgi/content/full/15/4/484 Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2449
Keselman A, Smith CA, Divita G, Kim H, Browne AC, Leroy G, and Zeng-Treitler Q. Consumer Health Concepts That Do Not Map to the UMLS: Where Do They Fit? Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association [Internet]. 2008 Jul-Aug;15(4):496-505. Epub 2008 Apr 24 [cited 2008 Jul 30]; 15(4):496-505. Available from: http://www.jamia.org/cgi/content/full/15/4/496 Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2599
Lau AY and Coiera EW. Impact of web searching and social feedback on consumer decision making: a prospective online experiment. Journal of Medical Internet Research [Internet]. 2008 [cited 2008 Feb 9]; 10(1):e2. Available from: http://www.jmir.org/2008/1/e2/HTML DOI: 10.2196/jmir.963
Lu WH, Lin RS, Chan YC, and Chen KH. Using Web resources to construct multilingual medical thesaurus for cross-language medical information retrieval. Decision Support Systems [Internet]. 2008 Jun [cited 2008 Jun 26]; 45(3):585-95. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01679236 Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2007.07.004
Luthy, KE, Tiedeman, ME, Beckstrand, RL, Mills, DA. Safety of live-virus vaccines for children with immune deficiency. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners [Internet]. 2007 Oct [cited 2007 May 24];18(10):494-503. Available from: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1041-2972 Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2006.00163.x
McCray AT, Tse T. Understanding search failures in consumer health information systems. Proceedings of the AMIA Annual Symposium [Internet]. 2003 [cited 2005 Jan 25];430-4. Available from: http://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/lhc/docs/published/2003/pub2003049.pdf
Miller N. Analysis of user messages to MedlinePlus.gov. Journal of the Medical Library Association [Internet]. 2007 Jan [cited 2007 Mar 21];95(1):81-3. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17252071
Neveol A, Pereira S, Soualmia LF, Thirion B, Darmoni SJ. A method of cross-lingual consumer health information retrieval. Studies in health technology and informatics [Internet]. 2006 [cited 2006 Nov 18];124:601-8. Available from: http://www.iospress.nl/. Available for purchase.
Olney CA, Warner DG, Reyna G, Wood FB, Siegel ER. MedlinePlus and the challenge of low health literacy: findings from the Colonias project. Journal of Medical Internet Research [Internet]. 2007 Jan [cited 2007 Mar 21];95(1):31-9. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17252064
Rankins J, Kirksey O, Bogan Y, Brown B. Impact of a low-intensity pedagogical model for integrating MedlinePlus exercises into middle school nutrition lessons. J Med Libr Assoc [Internet]. 2007 Oct [cited 2007 Nov 3];95(4):388-93. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2000791 DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.95.4.388
Redalen A, Miller N. Evaluating website modifications at the National Library of Medicine through search log analysis. D-Lib Magazine [Internet]. 2000 Jan [cited 2005 Jan 25];6(1):[about 1 p.]. Available from: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january00/redalen/01redalen.html
Siegel ER, Logan RA, Harnsberger RL, Cravedi K, Krause JA, Lyon B, Hajarian K, Uhl J, Ruffin A, Lindberg DA. Information Rx: Evaluation of a new informatics tool for physicians, patients, and libraries. Information services & use [Internet] 2006 [cited 2008 Aug 24];26(1):1-10. Available from: http://www.iospress.nl/. Available for purchase.
Scott-Wright A, Crowell J, Zeng Q, Bates D, Greenes R. Analysis of information needs of users of MEDLINEplus, 2002 - 2003. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Internet]. 2006 [cited 2007 Sep 29];699-703. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17238431
Wood FB, Benson D, LaCroix EM, Siegel ER, Fariss S. Use of Internet audience measurement data to gauge market share for online health information services. Journal of Medical Internet Research [Internet]. 2005 Jul 1 [cited 2005 Jul 9];7(3):e31 [9 p.]. Available from: http://www.jmir.org/2005/3/e31/ 9 pages. Each page of article states, "page number not for citation purposes." DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7.3.e31
Wood FB, Lyon B, Schell MB, Kitendaugh P, Cid VH, Siegel ER. Public library consumer health information pilot project: results of a National Library of Medicine evaluation. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association [Internet]. 2000 Oct [cited 2005 Jan 25];88(4):314-22. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=35252
Zeng QT, Kogan S, Plovnick RM, Crowell J, Lacroix EM, Greenes RA. Positive attitudes and failed queries: an exploration of the conundrums of consumer health information retrieval. International Journal of Medical Informatics [Internet]. 2004 Feb [cited 2005 Jan 25];73(1):45-55. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13865056 Subscription required. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2003.12.015
Zeng QT, Tse T, Crowell J, Divita G, Roth L, Browne AC. Identifying consumer-friendly display (CFD) names for health concepts. Proceedings of the AMIA Annual Symposium. 2005 [cited 2007 Mar 29];73(1):859-63. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=16779162
Zeng-Treitler Q, Goryachev S, Tse T, Keselman A, and Boxwala A. Estimating consumer familiarity with health terminology: a context-based approach. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association [Internet]. 2008 May-Jun;15(3):349-56. Epub 2008 Feb 28 [cited 2008 Jul 30]; 15(3):349-56. Available from: http://www.jamia.org/cgi/content/full/15/3/349 Available for purchase. DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2592
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Cappellano KL. MEDLINEplus: a hefty dose of good information. Nutrition Today [Internet].2000 Sep-Oct [cited 2008 Jul 15];35(5):199-201. Available from: http://www.enlink.org/pt/re/nestle/abstract.00017285-200007000-00009.htm;jsessionid=L9NLQMmNjTDJLH13Rgv1LGR6V91DJSh6NygvhDKx4tcStqHWQqZJ!536197444!181195628!8091!-1 Available for purchase.
Consens FB. Web watch. Sleep Medicine [Internet]. 2001 May [cited 2005 Jan 25];2(3):269. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13899457 Available for purchase.
Etkin C. National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus. Library Journal. 2000 Apr 15;125(7):58.
Felber SH. Book review: Everone, Chadd A. DoctorInternet: How to use the Internet for health & medicine. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association [Internet]. 2001 Oct [cited 2005 Jan 25];89(4):413-4. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?action=stream&blobtype=pdf&artid=57974
Fitzpatrick RB, Hendler G. What every medical librarian should know about MEDLINEplus. Medical Reference Services Quarterly [Internet]. 1999 Winter [cited 2005 Mar 14];18(4):11-7. Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com Available for purchase.
Hendler GY. MedlinePlus: arthritis. Library Journal. 2002 Jan;127(1):62.
Husted S. MedlinePlus. School Library Journal. 2002 Jun;48(6):56.
Jacso P. Peter's picks & pans - MEDLINEplus; Webster's New World Medical Dictionary; X-Plain Tutorials. Online Magazine (Information Today). 2003 Nov-Dec;27(6):56-8.
McDonnell B. MEDLINEplus health information, from Web Watch: Infectious Diseases. Library Journal [Internet]. 2003 Aug [cited 2005 Jan 25];128(13):26. Available from: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA315186.html
MEDLINEplus interactive health tutorials. Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Guide [Internet]. 2002 [cited 2005 Jan 25];16(5):21-7. Available from: http://thesius.emeraldinsight.com Available for purchase.
MEDLINEplus: new database, accreditation. Information Retrieval and Library Automation. 2002 Jan;38(1):4.
MEDLINEplus plus news. Information Retrieval and Library Automation. 2001 Sep;36(9):6.
MedlinePlus: public library consumer health web site. Information Intelligence, Online Libraries, and Microcomputers. 1999 Feb 1;17(2):7.
MEDLINEplus: Recent changes and coming attractions. Medicine on the Net [Internet]. 2003 Jun [cited 2005 Jan 25];9(6):8-9. Available from: http://www.hcpro.com/ppv-49754.html Available for purchase.
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