2006* Results 'Core' or Essential Reference Tool Survey: Consumer Medical/Health Reference

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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?

1. Merck Manual of Medical Information
2. Physician's Desk Reference (PDR)
3. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine and Mayo Clinic Family Health Book
4. Official ABMS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists
5. 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?

1. MayoClinic Web Site - http://www.mayoclinic.com (large margin of vote)
2. NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) - http://www.noah-health.org/
3. Family Doctor - http://familydoctor.org and American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org/
4. Lab Tests Online - http://www.labtestsonline.org/ and KidsHealth - http://kidshealth.org/
5. 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?

1. MedlinePlus - http://www.medlineplus.gov
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - http://www.cdc.gov
3. PubMed - http://www.pubmed.gov and Healthfinder - http://www.healthfinder.gov/
4. National Cancer Institute - http://www.cancer.gov/ and National Institutes of Health - http://www.nih.gov/
5. 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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2. 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?

1. Gale Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale) - http://www.gale.cengage.com/title_lists/
2. EBSCO - http://www.ebsco.com/  (Health Source Plus: Consumer)
3. MDConsult - http://www.mdconsult.com
4. EBSCO - http://www.ebsco.com/  (HealthSource: Nursing/Academic Edition) and UptoDate - http://uptodate.com,
5. Micromedex - http://www.micromedex.com, Medline (Ovid), and National Organization of Rare Diseases (NORD) - http://www.rarediseases.org/

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*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.

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