Eastern Illinois University The Keep Faculty Research & Creative Activity Booth Library October 2013 Health Information for the Public: Resources, Services, and Sparking Relationships Stacey Knight-Davis Eastern Illinois University, slknight@eiu.edu Daneen Richardson Western Illinois University, D-Richardson@wiu.edu Jacqueline Leskovec University of Illinois at Chicago Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_fac Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation Knight-Davis, Stacey; Richardson, Daneen; and Leskovec, Jacqueline, "Health Information for the Public: Resources, Services, and Sparking Relationships" (2013). Faculty Research & Creative Activity. 92. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_fac/92 This is brought to you for free and open access by the Booth Library at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Research & Creative Activity by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact tabruns@eiu.edu.
Health Information for the Public: Resources, Services, and Sparking Relationships Jacqueline Leskovec, National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region Daneen Richardson, Health Sciences/Sciences Librarian, Western Illinois University Stacey Knight-Davis, Health Studies and Nursing Bibliographer, Eastern Illinois University
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