Librarian Resources
Consumer Health Resources
NYLA 2007
Crandall Public Library Medical Librarian, Guinevere Forshey presented the successful program Prescription for Success at this year’s NYLA Conference in Buffalo, NY.
View the PowerPoint slides here:
Handouts are available through Google Docs…
Selected Bibliography
Core Prices
Selected Webliography
Selected Online Databases
Real Reference Questions
Pre and Post Test
Hierarchy of Services
Websites:
Consumer and Patient Information Section (CAPHIS) of the Medical Library Association (MLA)
CAPHIS Top 100 Websites You Can Trust
Medical Reference for Non-Medical Librarians from the Denison Memorial Library, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center.
Recommended Books for a Consumer Health Library from the University of Connecticut Health Center.
Collection Guide from the Toronto Public Library Consumer Health Information Service. Check out their other resources for librarians here.
Reference Books:
Consumer Health Information Sourcebook: 7th Edition by Alan M. Rees.
Greenwood Press, 2003. ISBN: 1573565091. $71.95.
Consumer Health Information for Public Librarians by Lynda M. Baker.
Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN: 0810841991. $47.
Health Information on the Internet: A study of Provisioners, Quality and Users by Rowena Cullen. Praeger Paperback, 2005. ISBN: 0865693226. $29.95.
The Medical Association Encyclopedic Guide to Searching and Finding Health Information on the Web by P.F. Anderson, Nancy J. Allee. Neal-Schuman Publishers. 2004. ISBN: 1555704948. $395
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