Managing a CHIS » Technical Services and Organization
This section offers information on organizing consumer health collections including cataloging, classification systems and subject headings.
Choosing a Classification Scheme for a Consumer Health Library
Deborah Magnan, MLIS, AHIP
Associate Librarian
Samuel and Sandra Hekemian Medical Library
Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Ave.
Hackensack, NJ 07601
January 31, 2011
Consumer Health Information Service Subject Headings
from the Consumer Health Information Service of the Toronto Reference Library, 2003; Updated May 27, 2009.
The information contained in the Consumer Health Information Service's subject files is filed alphabetically using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH headings). MeSH headings are in BOLD CAPITAL PRINT. Natural language terms are included for greater ease of use and accessibility to MeSH. Natural language terms are in small print. Natural language terms have "see" cross-references to MeSH terms. Synonyms and related terms are indicated through the use of "see also" cross-references.Disclaimers
Two collections of responses from the CAPHIS Discussion List
The first was summarized by
Anna Beth Morgan, AHIP
Associate Vice President for Academic Resources and Director of the Library
Summar Library, Union University
1050 Union University Drive
Jackson, TN 38305-3697
phone (731) 661-5410
fax (731) 661-5175
Reviewed January 28, 2011
List of Dewey Decimal Classification Numbers for Books
Toronto Public Library
Compiled by Rona Lang June 1999; Revised by Quenby Mamood March 2002; Updated by Topher Elliott, November, 2005; Reformatted by Donna MacLeod 2007. Published April 2009.
Organizing Resource Folders in a Patient Education Library
Susan Mayer, MLIS
Patient Education Specialist
Barbara Woodward Lips Patient Education Resource Center
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
507-266-2311
January 26, 2011
Reading Levels
By Kate Smith
Family Health Library
The Children's Hospital
13123 E. 16th Ave.
Aurora, CO 80045
voice: 720-777-6378
fax: 720-777-7121
Updated March 4, 2010
Spine Labels for CHIS Collections
A collection of responses from the CAPHIS Discussion List
Reviewed January 26, 2011