New MLA Resource for Consumer Health Information on the Internet

Medical librarians seeking to enhance public access to quality consumer health information on the Internet will find a valuable guide in MLA's latest BibKit. BibKits are selective, annotated bibliographies of discrete subject areas in the health sciences literature. MLA BibKit #7, Consumer Health: A Guide to Internet Information Resources, was compiled by Cecilia Durkin, AHIP, consumer health librarian, NN/LM Network Office of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), Bethesda, MD. According to the MLANET description, this BibKit and the accompanying disk "encompass medical search engines and search integrators, quality filters, subject directories, electronic libraries, subject-specific Websites, medical news sources, and electronic journals." While the publication emphasizes English-language Websites, many bilingual Websites are also included. For a table of contents and order information, visit MLANET at www.mlanet.org/publications/bibkits/ or contact Tom Pacetti in the MLA headquarters office at 312.419.9094 x19 or at mlafa@mlahq.org.

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