Health and medical news on the Web: comparing the results of news-providing Web resources |
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Authors: | Cunningham Kay |
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Institution: | University of Memphis, Ned R McWherter Library, Reference Department, Memphis, TN 38152, USA. lkcnnngh@memphis.edu |
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Abstract: | News changes constantly. That change and the abundance of Web-based news resources available complicate finding the news. This paper reviews sixteen different online news sources for their coverage of recent health and medical issues; both general-interest and medical news sites are included. Three health-related news stories were searched in all resources within set time-frames to provide a comparison of coverage. Features and types of resources are described. The use of RSS feeds and weblogs to find news is also discussed with suggestions for using news aggregators to control the flow of information. |
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