Press Release 4/15/2002
For Immediate Release: April 15, 2002
For further information, contact:
Ann Bagnell
RockHill Communications 1-610-747-0202
abagnell@rockhillcommunications.com
RockHill Communications Introduces the WEB FEET Health Collection
The Definitive Guide to Health Sites on the Web
BALA CYNWYD, PA — RockHill Communications, the leading provider of pre-selected Web site collections for libraries and schools, announces its newest addition to the WEB FEET Collections: the WEB FEET Health Collection. This is the first in-depth special collection of WEB FEET, as well as the first all-clinically reviewed guide to health sites for libraries and schools, featuring more than 450 authoritative health Web sites.
When information is important, so is its source
As a trusted guide to a complex subject in which quality is essential, the WEB FEET Health Collection is an invaluable tool. A 2001 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association offered alarming facts about the quality of health information online and its impact:
- More than 60 million Americans searched for health information on the Internet in 2000; more than 70% of them said that this online information influenced their decisions about treatment.
- Health information on the Internet is often inaccurate, hard to find, or difficult for consumers to understand.
- Search engines—the primary tool that people use to locate information online—turn up little quality health information.
This essential ready-reference guide will help consumers, librarians, health educators, students, and healthcare professionals search more effectively for the online health information they need. Librarians can find trusted health sources quickly and easily and recommend them with confidence.
The value of experts—an exceptional selection and review process
The selection and review processes set the WEB FEET Health Collection apart. In addition to extensive editorial review, all sites have undergone review by at least two experts, including physicians, nurses, healthcare administrators, and medical librarians.
The expert reviewers evaluated over 2,500 health sites to select more than 450 high-quality resources that meet strict standards of integrity. This review was based on the guidelines set forth for medical and health Web sites by the Health on the Net Foundation, combined with the WEB FEET Health Collection’s Criteria for Site Selection (available on our Web site: www.webfeetguides.com/criteria_WFforHealth.html).
In addition, WEB FEET Health Collection sites are keyworded by medical librarians for common-language searching and consistent search results. All are cataloged and clearly described for a broad audience.
The WEB FEET Health Collection includes Web resources for:
- General health
- Health tools
- Diseases and conditions
- Healthy living topics
- Spanish-language audiences
- Multicultural health
- Health education
- Health content for and about children and adolescents
- Easy-to-read health information
- Specific content for physicians, nurses, and pharmacists
- Additional content for medical professionals, such as online journals, CME, quality of care resources, and health policy sites
- Men’s, women’s, and senior health
- National health observances
Three convenient formats
Like all WEB FEET collections, the WEB FEET Health Collection is available in three formats to fit your needs:
- Internet: WEB FEET ONLINE offers unlimited access at your site, as well as remotely.
- Library Catalog: WEB FEET MARC integrates into your collection.
- Book: This format is affordable and easy to browse. Its contents are updated and printed just in time each month, enabling subscribers to receive a newly updated copy anytime (recommended annual renewal).
About RockHill Communications and WEB FEET
WEB FEET Guides are published by RockHill Communications, which has been providing development services to reference publishers and scholarly institutions since 1980. RockHill has published WEB FEET for public libraries and schools since 1995 in print format, and since 2000 in electronic format (both ONLINE and MARC records for library catalogs). WEB FEET is used in approximately 20 countries and in about 6,800 libraries and schools nationwide.
WEB FEET’s experienced team of librarians, educators, and subject specialists recommends and describes the best Web sites in all subject areas, including curricula, general knowledge, reference, health, and personal interests. There are collections suitable for K-12 schools, public libraries, medical libraries, and colleges. Close to 7,000 sites are included in the full database, and the content is rigorously reviewed, updated, and expanded monthly.
For more information, please visit our Web site at www.webfeetguides.com
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