Evaluation Tools
Carol Ann Attwood, MLS, AHIP, MPH, RN,C
Patient Health and Education Library
Mayo Clinic Arizona
13400 E. Shea Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
480-301-8946
Updated May 20, 2010
Tools provided in this section include a guide to Internet resources, guidelines for evaluation of health information on the Web, and strategies for developing an authoritative consumer health collection.
Medical Library Association
- Lieberman, J. Consumer Health: A Guide to Internet Information Resources, Second Revised Edition. Chicago, IL: Medical Library Association; 2004. http://www.mlanet.org/order/store/cat/product_info.php?products_id=83 Accessed [May 2010]. Consumer health bibliography, medical search engines and integrators, subject directories, subject specific websites, electronic journals and medical news sources
- Cornett, S., Gordon, L., Rambo, N. Weaver, E., Spatz, M. et al; Reading Between the Lines: Focusing on Health Information Literacy. Medical Library Association Teleconference broadcast on September 10, 2003. http://www.mlanet.org/education/telecon/healthlit/ Accessed [May 2010]. Health information literacy, and highlighting utilization of these principles in providing appropriate health information to consumers
- Medical Library Association. A User’s Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web. http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html. Accessed [May 2010].
- Medical Library Association. Content Evaluation Guidelines/CAPHIS/Medical Library Association. http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html#3 Accessed [May 2010].
National Institutes of Health
- National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. Evaluating Health Information on the Internet. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Information/internet. Accessed [May 2010].
- National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Evaluating Web-Based Health Resources http://nccam.nih.gov/health/webresources/ Accessed [May 2010].
- National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine tutorial. Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html. Accessed [May 2010].
Books
- Rees. AM., Editor. Seventh Edition Consumer Health Source Book. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press; 2003.
Articles
- Smith, K, McCall, S and Vucovich, L. MedlinePlus "Go Local" and Consumer Health Collection Development. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2007; Volume 11 (Issue 2.): 43-59. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a903327325, Accessed [May 2010].
- Eysenbach, G, Powell, J, Kuss, O and Sa, E. Empirical Studies Assessing the Quality of Health Information for Consumers on the World Wide Web: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002; 287: 2691-2700.
Miscellaneous
- University of Connecticut Health Center. Recommended Books for a Consumer Health Library: Healthnet: Connecticut Health Information Network, Lyman Maynard Stowe Library. Farmington, CT: 2008. http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/corelist.html. Accessed [May 2010].
American Library Association
- American Library Association. Evaluating Library Collections from the Library Bill of Rights. Accessed [May 2010].
- Laughlin, S and Wilson, RW. The Quality Library: A Guide to Self-Improvement, Better Efficiency, and Happier Customers. Chicago, IL. American Library Association; 2008. http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2346. Accessed [May 2010].