I am forwarding this message from another member of our health sciences
cluster libraries, the dentistry library:

>
>Hi, Folks,
>
>Pat Anderson here, Head Librarian, UM Dentistry  Library. I am not on
>MEDLIB-L, but this question was forwarded to me by another of our
>librarians. The book mentioned below does not appear in WorldCat or
>Amazon.com listings. DomainWatch gives contact information for the
>organization which matches what is listed on their site. I phoned
>them, and the phone went into an immediate automatic answering
>machine with a message predating the presumed release date of the
>book, which was to be January 20, 2000. There were no persons
>available at that line. The "About Us" on the site does not give
>names or contact information for any persons, and contains only a
>brief generic mission statement. The actual owner of the site,
>Anthony Miller, is not listed in the ADA Member Directory, and I do
>not know what his qualifications would be for writing or publishing
>this sort of tool. The sites' web listing was last updated in October
>99; the pages were last updated in Nov. 99. Altavista, Lycos, and
>Hotbot find only one web site which links to their pages, and that is
>for a dentist who is supposedly included in the publication and found
>it an honor. The selection process they define for a dentist's
>inclusion in the publication does not appear to be a very significant
>or rigorous process, and is mostly based on publicly available
>information from other sources. It does not appear to offer new
>value. My suspicion is that this may indeed be a questionable
>organization. My thanks to Cherrie for bringing them to our attention.
>
>Pat Anderson, UM Dentistry Library, [log in to unmask]
>"Anecdotes amuse, data persuades."
>
>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 06:15:48 -0700
>>From: Cherrie Mudloff <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Consumer Research Council of America
>>
>>We are trying to determine if the Consumer Research
>>Council of America is a legitimate publisher. One of
>>our docs ordered a book entitled "Guide to America's
>  >Top Dentists (ISBN 0967654602) and has received
>>nothing.  Other than their web page
>>(www.consumersresearchcncl.org) I can find no
>>additional info about them.  Would appreciate any
>>info, if anyone has dealt with this group.
>>
>>TIA.
>>
>>Cherrie Mudloff
>>DRH Medical Library
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Anna Ercoli Schnitzer
Information Services Librarian
Taubman Medical Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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