Beyond an Apple a Day:
Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library
Health Information Seeking Behaviors
Pew Internet and American Life Report
BMJ - Googling for a Diagnosis
Rand Report Summary: Consumer Use of Information When Making Treatment Decisions
Librarians Providing Consumer Health
Healthy People Library Project
The Challenge of Providing Consumer Health Information Services in Public Libraries
Finding the Answers to Your Health Questions - UCONN Healthnet
Health Literacy
Health Literacy Chapter from NN/LM Consumer Health: An Online Manual
Reference Interview + Ethical Implications
InfoPeople - Reference Interview Skills
MLA Code of Ethics for Health Science Librarianship
Can I trust this source?
MedlinePlus Evaluating Health Information
Can you believe this?
The “One Product Does It All” claim
Personal Testimonials
Quick Fixes/Cures
Planning the Service
Public Library Geographic Database
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Collection Development
Healthnet Core Bibliography of Consumer Health Books
Toronto Public Library - Core Collection of Recommended Titles
Toronto Public Library - Health Navigator
Consumer Health Resources
American Heart Association (http://www.americanheart.org)
Outreach
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Hospital Compare (from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)
NN/LM Outreach Evaluation Resource Center
NN/LM Public Libraries and Community Partners Working Together to Provide Health Information
Marketing
Videos
In Plain Language
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