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Children's Hospital Family Resource Center Added to HSLS Consumer Health Information Web SiteChildren’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Family Resource Center joins the Hopwood Library at UPMC Shadyside libraries as an HSLS consumer health information resource center especially for UPMC patients and families. Link directly to the Children’s Hospital Libraries Web page at <www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/chi/chp> for current contact information, location, hours of operation, and descriptions of services and collections. 
The HSLS consumer health information page has been updated to offer expanded pediatric health information resources. It is organized into pages for infants and toddlers, children, and teens, accessible under the "Special Populations" link. Each offers trustworthy local, state and national Web sites for the targeted age group. Also available are direct access to online databases and lists of pertinent books from the HSLS Consumer Collection. Popular features of the site include direct links to several major daily health news sources, including CNN, New York Times, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Pittsburgh area television health news reports. The Quick Links menu on each page permits easy access to core resources, including MEDLINEplus from the National Library of Medicine, prescription drug information, and PITTCat for the Consumer, the University of Pittsburgh’s online library catalog of PITTCat for the Consumer information. Unique to the CHP Family Resource Center Web page is access to CarePagesSM , an easy-to-use Internet service from TLContact.com. The service allows families and patients to create personalized, password-protected Web pages on which pictures and updates about patients’ conditions and progress can be posted for concerned family and friends. --Andrea M. Ketchum |
