Volume 24, Number 3 (2005)

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Indiana Health Resources: 2004 Update
(H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Brahmi, Frances A.
In 1982, I compiled a chapter on Indiana health information resources that was published by the Midwest Health Science Library Network: Basic Library Management for Health Science Librarians, Indiana Edition, 2nd edition. Since then, the World Wide Web has become the provider of choice for such resources, making them more accessible and enabling them to be updated more frequently. This article updates the earlier compilation and includes Web addresses and annotations, as well links to useful databases. Not intended to be comprehensive, it may serve as a starting point for librarians new to Indiana.
The Indiana State Department of Health as a Source of Consumer Health Information
(H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Maguire, Susan
Americans are increasingly turning to the Internet for authoritative health information. Even the most conservative statistics estimate that about 40 percent of Americans with access to the Internet use it to obtain health information. These consumer health information (CHI) seekers share a number of characteristics: they use search engines more frequently than recommendations or advertisements; they are concerned about the credibility of online sources; and more than half believe that health information found online is accurate.