How Consumers are Gathering Information from Medlineplus Export

@article{Lacroix_SC_2001, abstract = {The National Library of Medicine (NLM) introduced MEDLINEplus in October 1998 to help consumers and those who serve them find authoritative, understandable health information on the Internet. MEDLINEplus was designed to be a well-organized, selective Web resource that directs consumers to full-text health information available from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other reliable sources. From the beginning it has been consumer driven; that is, information obtained from studying actual searches done by the public using other NLM Internet resources was used to set priorities for MEDLINEplus. This article summarizes findings from NLM's studies of use data. Web log files, and formal evaluation that help characterize consumers needs for information. How these findings have been used to improve the interface, functionality, and content of MEDLINEplus will also be described. 10.1177/1075547001022003005}, author = {LaCroix, Eve-Marie}, citeulike-article-id = {2801248}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1075547001022003005}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://scx.sagepub.com/content/22/3/283.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://scx.sagepub.com/content/22/3/283.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://scx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/3/283}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1075547001022003005}, journal = {Science Communication}, keywords = {consumers, health, ir, medlineplus}, month = {March}, number = {3}, pages = {283--291}, posted-at = {2009-10-28 17:55:28}, priority = {2}, title = {How Consumers are Gathering Information from Medlineplus}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1075547001022003005}, volume = {22}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - Lacroix_SC_2001 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2801248 N2 - The National Library of Medicine (NLM) introduced MEDLINEplus in October 1998 to help consumers and those who serve them find authoritative, understandable health information on the Internet. MEDLINEplus was designed to be a well-organized, selective Web resource that directs consumers to full-text health information available from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other reliable sources. From the beginning it has been consumer driven; that is, information obtained from studying actual searches done by the public using other NLM Internet resources was used to set priorities for MEDLINEplus. This article summarizes findings from NLM's studies of use data. Web log files, and formal evaluation that help characterize consumers needs for information. How these findings have been used to improve the interface, functionality, and content of MEDLINEplus will also be described. 10.1177/1075547001022003005 IS - 3 JF - Science Communication EP - 291 TI - How Consumers are Gathering Information from Medlineplus VL - 22 SP - 283 KW - consumers KW - health KW - ir KW - medlineplus AU - LaCroix, Eve-Marie PY - 2001/03/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1075547001022003005 ER -