Release date: 2007-05-30
Format: Web
Description: The guide is presented in three brief sections. The first section, "Getting Started," provides tips on filtering the millions of health-related Web pages through the health subsets of major search engines and using quality electronic finding tools developed by the U.S. government to do an initial screen of Websites for further examination. This section is followed by a set of guidelines developed for evaluating the content of health-related Websites. The final section provides additional information of interest to consumers searching for health-related information on the Web.
Subjects: Information Literacy - Guide
Objective: The library organization whose primary purpose is promoting quality information for improved health and whose members were the first to realize that not all health information on the Web is credible, timely, or safe.
Language(s): en
Time length to use it: 60 minutes
Geographical scope: National
Audience: Citizens
Address: 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 1900, Chicago, IL 60601-7246
E-mail: info@mlahq.org