Introduction to the Go Local Special Issue

Abstract

This introduction presents the dominant themes of this special issue dedicated to “Lessons Learned” from the Go Local projects. Recurring topics from the published literature about Go Local, from the Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet and other periodicals, are reviewed.

KEYWORDS:

• consumer health information
• Go Local program
• health services
• information and referral
• Internet
• MedlinePlus
• National Library of Medicine
• websites

Acknowledgments

The author expresses thanks to Joyce Backus and Lori Klein at the National Library of Medicine, who helpfully rummaged through digital archives for documentation of the Go Local program which was no longer available on the public web. Sandy Wood, editor of the Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, went above and beyond the call in making this special themed issue a reality.