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dc.date.accessioned2008-07-10T12:33:09Z
dc.date.available2008-07-10T12:33:09Z
dc.date.issued2008-07-10en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2271/376en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 2004, Missouri became the second state to offer Go Local links from MedlinePlus. The Missouri Model uses an existing database, Community Connection http://www.communityconnection.org, which contains information on community resources in Missouri and surrounding counties. Community Connection is maintained by information professionals at the University of Missouri Extension Office. The Community Connection database contains information about 15,000 organizations. Approximately 5,000 of these are for health related organizations.

While the Community Connection database is an excellent source for links to organizations, agencies and government units, to date no systematic attempt has been made to identify health related support groups. Since support groups are one of the most important reasons why a health consumer might want to “Go local”, funding is sought to develop this aspect of the database in two ways: 1) by hiring a half-time graduate library student devoted to identifying and recommending resources to add to the community connection database; 2) by enlisting the help of “mavens”; contact people around the state who can recommend nearby organizations and support groups from their part of the state.

Community Connection is “a central source but with decentralized control”, meaning that each organization is responsible for entering and editing their own records in the database. With so many individuals entering data, indexing consistency can be compromised. Funding is sought for a half-time graduate library student to review existing database records to ensure that all organizations of a given type, e.g. nursing homes, are similarly indexed to ensure consistent retrieval.
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dc.description.sponsorshipJ. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, University of Missourien_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectOnline databaseen_US
dc.subjectGo Localen_US
dc.subjectCommunity health resourcesen_US
dc.titleMissouri Go Local Projecten_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
dc.typeReport
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccessen_US


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