• Choosing the Links: How NOAH Selects Material
• A Brief History...
• NOAH Contributing Editors
• NOAH's Partners Past and Present

• The NOAH Content Committee is responsible for selecting and approving all new topics and links.
• Health Topics pages will reflect and respond to the needs and interests of the NOAH community. NOAH tries to provide information on all topics in both English and Spanish.
• NOAH links to full-text information from reputable and authoritative, Web-based resources. The criteria are:
• Author institutions and/or names are clearly displayed on the linked page.
• Links are selected to provide balanced and unbiased information on a topic.
• NOAH does not endorse or represent any commercial venture. Links that contain advertising are chosen solely for their informational content.
• Information on the linked pages is current.
• Every effort is made to select content that is clear and understandable.
• NOAH does not enter into reciprocal link agreements. It provides links to sites that are appropriate to its mission.

In 1994, four New York City library organizations joined forces to establish a single website to provide end-users a place on the World Wide Web to reach reliable consumer health information. The organizations: The City University of New York Office of Library Services (CUNY); the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO); The New York Academy of Medicine Library (NYAM); and The New York Public Library (NYPL) - later joined by the Queens Borough Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library - had as a goal the development of a website which would provide health care information easily accessible and understandable to the layperson. The result was NOAH: New York Online Access to Health.

NOAH began in October 1994 as a demonstration project partially funded by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP). The original partner library agencies sponsoring the Web site contributed funds and expertise. The united efforts combined the resources of various types of libraries with health agencies in an effort to offer health information at public-access computers in public locations.

NOAH was redesigned in 2003, utilizing the talents of many people, and in 2011, NOAH became an independent website, owned and operated by the volunteer editorial team.