Evaluating Health Sites
Seperate the Trash from the Treasures!
- Who sponsored it? Who wrote it?
How credible are they?
Tip: pharmaceutical companies are not unbiased! - Accuracy
Is it factual or opinion-based?
Is the information verifiable? - Currency
Is the information recent? - Audience
Was it written for professionals or patients?
- MLA's Guide to Evalauting Health Websites
More information on evaluating health websites - MedlinPlus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing
Best of the Nurses' WWW
- Visible Human Project(R) NLM Video & pictures of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies. Transverse CT, MR and cryosection images of representative male and female cadavers. (NLM)
- MedlinPlus.gov Videos of Surgical Procedures Videos of over 200 surgeries performed in the United States. Each is approximately an hour long.
- Kansas State Board of Nursing
- American Nurses Association American Nurses Association
Finding KS Resources
GoLocalKS is a project of the National Libraries of Medicine, National Insitutes of Health, and at the state level, KU Medical Libraries assisted by several academic libraries (including Washburn University!), public libraries and special libraries. It helps Kansans locate health resources of all kinds in their area such as: information, practicioners & specialists, government resources and services, medical equipment and supplies, etc. etc. etc.
This is a wonderful place to find needed medical support of all kinds in your local area.
- GoLocalKansas
Find local health services and resources
CRC Librarian |
Heather Smith-Collins, M.L.S.Contact Info:
Curriculum Resources Center
Carnegie 101, Washburn University
Topeka, KS 66621
(785) 670-1956
Send Email
Subjects:
education, health physical education & exercise science, nursing
Curriculum Resources Center
Carnegie 101, Washburn University
Topeka, KS 66621
(785) 670-1956
Send Email
Subjects:
education, health physical education & exercise science, nursing
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