
| Web Resources | Descriptions |
| Evaluating World Wide Web Information | Designed at Purdue University this
checklist provides basic criteria and illustrates a typical Web page layout and information format. |
| Guide to Analyzing a URL and
Domain Name Extensions |
Learn about URLs (Uniform Resources Locators) and what extensions, such as .org, mean. |
| The World Wide Web:
A New Patent Medicine Show? | A brief article by Lynne Fox that provides tips on evaluating health resources on the Internet. |
| Publications |
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Jadad AR et al. Rating Health Information on the
Internet: Navigating to knowledge or to Babel JAMA. 1998 Feb. 25;279(8): 611-614 |
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Silberg WM, et al.
Assessing, controlling, and assuring the quality of medical information on the Internet: Caveant lector et viewor--Let the reader and viewer beware JAMA. 1997 Apr 16; 277(15): 1244-1245 |
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Wyatt JC.
Commentary: Measuring Quality and Impact of the World Wide Web BMJ 1997 June 28;314(7098): 1879-1881 |
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Criteria for Assessing
the Quality of Health Information on the Internet from the Health Information Technology Institute |
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Code of Conduct for Medical and Health
Web Sites from the Health On the Net Foundation. |
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HealthWeb Home | Subjects | Member Libraries | What's New | Search Last revision: September 3, 1998. URL for current page: http://healthweb.org/guides/eval.htm Questions and comments to Kellie Kaneshiro kkaneshi@iupui.edu |