2006 Results 'Core' or Essential Reference Tool Survey:
Consumer Medical/Health Reference
This survey was posted to Buslib-L@listserv.boisestate.edu, DIG_REF@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU,
DIG_REF@yahoogroups.com, ERIL-L@listserv.binghamton.edu, govdoc-l@lists.psu.edu,
Law-Lib@ucdavis.edu, LawLibRef@lists.washlaw.edu, LawSource@yahoogroups.com,
libref-l@listserv.kent.edu, livereference@yahoogroups.com, publib@sunsite3.berkeley.edu,
ELDNET-L@u.washington.edu, STS-L@ala.org, Medlib-L@LIST.UVM.EDU.,
medref-l@listserv.kent.edu, MEDWEBMASTERS-L@LISTSERV.ACOR.ORG, mla-healthlit-admin@mlahq.org,
MMATRIX-L@LISTSERV.ACOR.ORG, nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov, nifl-health@nifl.gov,
publib@sunsite3.berkeley.edu, CAPHIS@hslc.org, genealib@lists.acomp.usf.edu,
and LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Spring 2006.
Results
from Summer 2005 are here.
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1. What are the essential 3 print resources that you can't work without
in answering Consumer Medical reference questions (e.g., for patients, family,
general public) questions?
- Merck Manual of Medical Information
- Physician's Desk Reference (PDR)
- Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine and Mayo Clinic Family Health Book
- Official ABMS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists
- Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, Mosby's Medical, Nursing,
and Allied Health Dictionary, Consumer Drug Reference, and Taber's Cyclopedic
Medical Dictionary
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2. What are the essential 3 Free (not Government published) Web-accessible
databases that you can't work without in answering Consumer Medical reference
questions (e.g., for patients, family, general public) questions?
- MayoClinic Web Site - http://www.mayoclinic.com (large
margin of vote)
- NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) - http://www.noah-health.org/
- Family Doctor - http://familydoctor.org and
American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org/
- Lab Tests Online - http://www.labtestsonline.org/ and
KidsHealth - http://www.kidshealth.org/
- Quackwatch - http://quackwatch.org,
and American Heart Association - http://www.americanheart.org
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3. What are the essential 3 (.gov) Government Published (State, Federal,
Local, International) Free Web-accessible databases that you can't work without
in answering Consumer Medical reference questions (e.g., for patients, family,
general public) questions?
- MedlinePlus - http://www.medlineplus.gov
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - http://www.cdc.gov
- PubMed - http://www.pubmed.gov and
Healthfinder - http://www.healthfinder.gov/
- National Cancer Institute - http://www.cancer.gov/ and
National Institutes of Health - http://www.nih.gov/
- NLM Gateway - http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd and
U.S Food and Drug Administration - http://www.fda.gov (diverse
others got 1 vote each)
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4. What are the essential 3 Fee-based Web-accessible databases that you
can't work without in answering Consumer Medical reference questions (e.g.,
for patients, family, general public) questions?
- Gale Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale) - http://www.gale.com/title_lists/
- EBSCO - http://www.ebsco.com/ (Health
Source Plus: Consumer)
- MDConsult - http://www.mdconsult.com
- EBSCO - http://www.ebsco.com/ (HealthSource:
Nursing/Academic Edition) and UptoDate - http://uptodate.com,
- Micromedex - http://www.micromedex.com,
Medline (Ovid), and National Organization of Rare Diseases (NORD) - http://www.rarediseases.org/
Web-based courses
