It is a selective list of authoritative health information sources from the National Institutes of Health and other organizations. Its goal is to provide increased access to information for Wisconsin residents in cooperation with the state's library community. This site currently contains over 4,000 clinical studies sponsored primarily by the National Institutes of Health. During the coming year, additional studies from other Federal agencies and the pharmaceutical industry will be included. The file contains over 10 million records from 1966 to the present.
Coverage is worldwide, but most records are from English-language sources or have English abstracts.
Its primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere. Founded by Dr. Stephen Barrett in 1969 as the Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud, it was incorporated in 1970 and assumed its current name in 1997. The database includes the date the credential was issued, the renewal due date, status, and discipline. Disciplinary or board orders are in the process of being made available on the Web. Many disease specific sites have support group information on their sites.