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Reference Tools for the Information Age: Consumer Medical Resources

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amazon.com

www.amazon.com

Includes prepublication materials, displays front and back covers, often lists table of contents, contains professional and consumer reviews

 

Barnes & Noble

www.barnesandnoble.com

Includes book jackets, excerpts, table of contents,information and reviews from publishers, critical reviewers and customers

 

CAPHIS Collection Development Resources

http://caphis.mlanet.org/resources/index.html#coldev

A variety of collection development bibliographies pertaining to consumer health.  Lists are arranged by subject and contain annotated entries often including ISBNs, synopses and prices.

 

CoreBibliography of Consumer Health Reference Books

http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/corelist.html

Arranged by subject, this annotated bibliography recommends core titles for small public libraries and additional titles for libraries with consumer health specialty collections.

 

DCT Doody's Core Title's in the Health Sciences

http://www.doody.com/dct/

Do you miss the discontinued Brandon/Hill Selected Lists for the small medical library and for nursing and allied health?  Doody Enterprises, Inc., now offers a core list of selected titles for small medical, nursing, and allied health libraries covering 119 specialties. The online list, published annually with frequent bibliographic and pricing updates, is available from a secure Website. Subscription fees are about $50.00. Selections are chosen by content and librarian specialists.

 

OncoLink - Book, Music & Video Reviews

http://www.oncolink.com/library/library.cfm?c=1

The staff of the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania provide reviews (arranged by subject) of a number of books, videos and musical selections for cancer patients.

 

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