Journal article
An accessibility assessment of selected Web-based health information resources
Library hi tech, Vol.20(2), pp.188-198
06/01/2002
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/113703
Abstract
The Internet has created new opportunities to make quality health information more widely available to both researchers and the general public. However, not all that information has been presented in a format accessible to people with disabilities. This accessibility assessment of eight selected Web-based health information resources (PubMed, OVID MEDLINE, MEDLINEplus, CANCERLIT, the Hazardous Substance Data Bank, TOXLINE, and two databases of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)) evaluates the ease with which these resources can be navigated using adaptive technologies, and provides suggestions for improvement where necessary.
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- Title
- An accessibility assessment of selected Web-based health information resources
- Creators
- Sarah K McCord - Sarah K. McCord is Electronic Resources Librarian, Washington State University Health Sciences Library, Pullman, Washington, USA. E-mail: mccord@wsu.eduLinda Frederiksen - Linda Frederiksen (frederik@vancouver.wsu.edu) is Access Services Librarian at Washington State University Vancouver Library, Vancouver, Washington, USANicole Campbell - Nicole Campbell (campbell@vancouver.wsu.edu) is Reference Librarian, at Washington State University Vancouver Library, Vancouver, Washington, USA
- Publication Details
- Library hi tech, Vol.20(2), pp.188-198
- Academic Unit
- Libraries
- Publisher
- MCB UP Ltd
- Identifiers
- 99900547606001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article