The newsletter of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region. It is a response to requests from public libraries across the country for web-based training on how to find authoritative and reliable health information on the World Wide Web.
Pathfinders are a time-honored tradition in public libraries.
HealthInfoQuest pathfinders are designed for public librarians and health information specialists whose learning style is primarily visual or graphic. HealthInfoQuest is the result of a collaboration between Maureen Carleton, Medical Reference Specialist with the King County Library System, and Barbara Macfadden, Instructional Technology Developer at the University of Washington's Health Sciences Center for Educational Resources. They have created a series of Web-based pathfinders designed to offer an intuitive interface to health information which can be accessed at the point of need for independent learning or review. The CAM pathfinders were created by Jane Saxton, Reference Librarian at Bastyr University Library, located in Kenmore, Washington, an accredited, private institution, internationally recognized as a pioneer in the study of natural medicine. The May-June 2000 issue has important information on the current and future organization of NLM's bibliographic databases , migration of monographic citations to Locatorplus , access to PDF versions of the List of Serials Indexed for Online Users , and more.