Annotations of Sites
Evaluating Internet Sources (Health and Medicine)
- "Criteria
for Assessing the Quality of Health Information on the Internet" (Source: Mitretek
Systems) - This research paper looks at the credibility of information on
health websites. It has both a Web and PDF version.
- HON
code of conduct for medical and health sites - Health On the Net Foundation
is a credible medical site that offers principles of conduct for its site, which
can be referred to and applied to other sites when evaluating them.
- Michigan Electronic
Library's Evaluating Internet Sources page - Annotated links to other
sources and pages on the subject of evaluating Internet sources.
- Quackwatch:
Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions - Stephen
Barrett, M.D., has put together an extensive site on problems associated to
health information on the Internet.
- Tips
on Evaluating Web Resources from NNLM, Greater Midwest Region - Users may
want to print this page and keep it nearby because it is short and provides
helpful criteria for evaluating sites (i.e. audience, authorship, content,
timeliness, authority, and structure/access).
Tutorials from the Savitt Medical Library, School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Reno
Searching and Using the Internet for Information
- Beginner's Central "A User's Guide
to the Internet" from Northern Web - This is a good place to start for
the basics of working with the Internet. Topics include downloading files,
getting files from FTP servers, using Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer,
and dispelling the myths of the Internet. Not a medical site.
- Digital
Library SunSITE, Searching the Internet directory - The subcategories of
this page are: Best Search Engines, Best Subject Pages, Meta Search Engines,
Other Search Engines and Indexes, and Surfing the Internet. The site lists
and annotates resources within each subcategory. Not a medical site.
- How to search medical
information? (For Beginners) - While this site is directed to health care
consumers, it does serve some use for professionals by offering explanations of
medical and informational databases, Internet search engines, and library tips
and classifications.
-
Internet Grateful Med: User's Guide
| FAQ's | Fact Sheet
- From the NLM. What users need to know about accessing Medline via
Internet Grateful Med. IGM will eventually be phased out by PubMed.
- Internet
Tutorials page (Veteran Affairs San Francisco Medical Library) - A short,
annotated list of available Internet tutorials.
- Library
Instruction Round Table, a list of Internet guides from Baylor University -
An annotated list of tutorials for researching law, medical, and science topics.
- Links to many tutorials
- From the University of Idaho Library. Tutorials on Internet searching,
evaluating sites, and using the mouse can be
found on this site.
- LOCATORplus
database tutorial from NLM - LOCATORplus allows users to search
for documents, and
this link brings users to tutorials on using it.
- Mitretek
Systems: Innovative Technology in the Public Interest (Surfing the Web) - An
interesting online slide presentation on searching the Internet. Just a
visual way to learn about searching the Internet.
- National
Network of Libraries of Medicine: Internet Information Center - "Resources
for health sciences librarians and professionals looking for help using,
understanding, managing, and teaching the Internet."
- net.TUTOR
from The Ohio State University Libraries - General tutorials on using the
Internet to search for information.
- Northwestern
University's guide to searching and evaluating Internet resources - Good
because the site provides specifics on using different search engines. The
site is also well-organized.
- PubMed: Help | Frequently Asked Questions
| Fact
Sheet - From the NLM. What users need to know about accessing
Medline through PubMed.
- PubMed
and Internet Grateful Med Training Manuals - Accessing Medline can be done
through PubMed or IGM. This page provides downloadable files on how to use
either PubMed or IGM.
- "Search
the Web..." the Best
Info on the Net (BIOTN), St. Ambrose University - Explanations and links to
various search engines as well as paths to other helpful resources on how to
conduct searches.
- Tips
on Internet searches - This page lists and explains Web searching tools, and
it leads to other resources.
- University
at Albany Libraries: Internet Tutorials - A "how to" page on the
Internet. Good resource for those who want to know how to do different
tasks on their computers, especially those who use Windows on their PCs.
- UC
Berkeley tutorial, "Finding Information on the Internet" - A
resource that offers a step-by-step process on how to find information on the
Internet. Organized by topics and subcategories.
- Web
Robots Page (topics: spiders, worms, crawlers, etc.) - If you do not know
what these are, here is a page that explains what they are.
- Web
Searching Tips from Search Engine Watch - Whether you want to learn the
basics or need pointers on advanced searching, this page probably will be
beneficial to you.
- ZDNet's
"The Ultimate Web Bundle" - The basics on searching, differences between browsers (e.g. Netscape and
Internet Explorer), and how to build Web pages. May be a little dated.