MedlinePlus "Go Local" and consumer health collection development

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 43-59

  Hogan Smith, Kay ^a   MacCall, Steven ^b   Vucovich, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collection development; Go Local; MedlinePlus

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547687453     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J381v11n02_04     Document Type: Article

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