Managing a CHIS » Collection Development
Core lists are provided for developing consumer health collections, print and online. Resources are provided on selection and weeding.
Pediatric Consumer Health Information
by Brenda Pfannenstiel, MALS, MA
Kreamer Family Resource Center
Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics
2401 Gillham Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-234-3900
Updated December, 2005
Core Collection of Recommended Titles, Consumer Health 
By Susan Murray, MLS
Consumer Health Information Service
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M4W 2G8
Updated April, 2006
Consumer Health Library Collection Guide
By Susan Murray, MLS
Consumer Health Information Service
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M4W 2G8
Updated March, 2003
Consumer Health Bibliography for the Small Public Library
by Gail Hendler, MLS AHIP
New York University Medical Center
Ehrman Medical Library
550 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016
hendler@med.library.nyu.edu
Updated July, 2001
Recommended Books For a Consumer Health Library
Healthnet: Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network
Lyman Maynard Stowe Library
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, CT
Updated June 2007
Health Navigators:
Guides to health information sources at the library and on the Web.
By Susan Murray, MLS
Consumer Health Information Service
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M4W 2G8y
Updated April, 2007
Subjects include: Arthritis; Asthma; Ayurvedic Medicine; Breast Cancer; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD); Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Glossaire - Approches complémentaires et alternatives en santé (MAC); Glossary of Terms - Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Hepatitis; Herbal Medicine; High Blood Pressure; Menopause; Thyroid Diseases
Bibliography of Consumer Health Books
by The Arkansas Consumer Health Information Network Resource Task Force
Lily Liu, MLS, AHIP
Arkansas Children's Hospital Library
800 Marshall Street
Little Rock, AR 72202
Updated May, 2005