University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

MedlinePlus®: The National Library of Medicine® Brings Quality Information to Health Consumers

Miller, Naomi; Tyler, Rebecca J.; Backus, Joyce E.B.

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Title
MedlinePlus®: The National Library of Medicine® Brings Quality Information to Health Consumers
Author(s)
  • Miller, Naomi
  • Tyler, Rebecca J.
  • Backus, Joyce E.B.
Issue Date
2004
Keyword(s)
  • Consumer health information
  • Health information
  • Public services (Libraries)
Abstract
The National Library of Medicine’s (NLM®) MedlinePlus® is a high-quality gateway to consumer health information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other authoritative organizations. For decades, NLM has been a leader in indexing, organizing, and distributing health information to health professionals. In creating MedlinePlus, NLM uses years of accumulated expertise and technical knowledge to produce an authoritative, reliable consumer health Web site. This article describes the development of MedlinePlus—its quality control processes, the integration of NLM and NIH information, NLM’s relationship to other institutions, the technical and staffing infrastructures, the use of feedback for quality improvement, and future plans.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1735
Copyright and License Information
Copyright owned by Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 2004.

Owning Collections

Library Trends 53 (2) Fall 2004: Consumer Health Issues, Trends, and Research, Part I: Strategic Strides toward a Better Future PRIMARY
Library Trends 53 (2) Fall 2004: Consumer Health Issues, Trends, and Research, Part I: Strategic Strides toward a Better Future. Edited by Tammy L. Mays