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For Librarians

Collection Development Tools and Websites

Consumer Health Bibliography for the Small Public Library
[http://caphis.mlanet.org/resources/ConsHealthBib.html]

Federal Consumer Information Center: Health
[http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/health.htm]

Medical Reference for Non-Medical Librarians
[http://denison.uchsc.edu/outreach/medbib3.htm]
An extensive list of print and non-print resources, organized by subject.

Recommended Books for a Consumer Health Reference Collection
[http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/corelist.html]
Updated several times a year, with new editions and titles added and older titles dropped, this bibliography also identifies which titles the compilers consider essential.

Web Sites you can Trust
[http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html]

Consumer Health Information and Librarian Roles

Consumer Health: Manual
[http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumers]
This Consumer Health Manual is a collaborative effort of medical librarians and consumer health librarians at public libraries. The topics or 'chapters' that comprise the Manual are topics the librarians felt would have been helpful when they began organizing their consumer health collections.

The Librarian's Role In The Provision Of Consumer Health Information And Patient Education
[http://caphis.mlanet.org/resources/caphis_statement.html]
Includes a useful distinction between consumer health information and patient education.

Information Seeking

Hardin MD. Free full-text online electronic medical journals
[http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/ej.html]

Health Information Central
[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hsrinfo/hsisites.html]
HSR Information Central was developed to serve the information needs of the health services research community. The National Library of Medicine HSR Information Program initiated the project. The first partner to join in populating the Web site was the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). NLM has also received links from the National Cancer Institute, AcademyHealth, the Cecil C. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and the Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D), at the Veterans Administration. If you would like to contribute links, please contact us on the form below.

National Library of Medicine

National Library of Medicine Gateway
[http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd/]
Convenient access to MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, AIDS Meetings, HSR Meetings, HSRProj, MEDLINEplus and DIRLINE.
Services for Librarians
[http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/gmr/librarian.html]

PubMed Online Training
[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_tutorial/m1001.html]

State Library of Iowa

Medical and Health Information Reference Form
[http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/specialized-services/medical-library/med-ref-q-form.html]
SILO Locator--Iowa's Card Catalog
[http://z3950.silo.lib.ia.us/cgi-bin/zform.CGI?SILO]
For & About Iowa Libraries
[http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for_ia_libraries/index.html]

PubMed Tutorial
[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html]
from National Library of Medicine

Interlibrary Loan

DOCLINE (the National Library of Medicine's automated interlibrary loan request routing and order referral system)
[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/doclineguidelines.html]

State Library of Iowa

SILO Interlibrary Loan System Login (password required)
[http://ill.silo.lib.ia.us]

Management

Basic Medical Library Management
[http://www.nnlm.gov/rsdd/management]
"This [National Network of Libraries of Medicine] web site is for both professional and non-professional librarians new to health or hospital libraries. It seeks to provide instant access to quality resources which will help the medical librarian meet the needs of the patron."

How Do You Set Up and Run a Consumer Health Library?
[http://caphis.mlanet.org/resources/index.html]
All the basics: planning, budget, staff, collection development, reference services, theory, bibliography, and a database of consumer health libraries.

Tools for Educating Staff and Patrons

Cultural Competency in Health Care
[http://www.mlanet.org/publications/mlanews/2001/marnews01.html#3]

Gateway Basics
[http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/nnlm/online/gw/gwtri.pdf]

NLM Gateway: Your Entrance to the Knowledge Resources of the National Library of Medicine
[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd00/nd00_gateway.html]

National Library of Medicine Guide to Finding Health Information
[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/guide.html]

National Network of Libraries of Medicine. Training & Educational Opportunities
[http://www.gov/training/]

Nebraska Library Commission. Statewide Training For Accurate Reference. Reference Manual. Chapter 9: Special Kinds of Questions - Medical and Legal
[http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/ref/star/star.html]

PubMed Basics
[http://www.nnlm.gov/training/resources/pmtri.pdf]
Short "how-to" brochures in PDF format, with permission to copy.

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