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Finding a nursing list. At the following URL search for mailing
list. This produces a list of many nursing oriented lists and provides
the ability to easily subscribe. (Added September 17,
2004)
http://nmap.ac.uk/
Nursing Discussion Forums. A list of nursing oriented mailing
lists and discussion forums with contact links. (Added
June 4, 2004)
http://nursing.buffalo.edu/mccartny/nursing_discussion_forums.html
Assessing Readability level. The SMOG readability formula. This
very simple to use formula will aid in evaulating whether to use a document
with clients.
http://www.sph.emory.edu/WELLNESS/reading.html
Ambre, J., Guard, R. Perveiler, F. M., Renner, J. & Rippen,
R.(1997) White Paper: Criteria for Assessing the Quality of Health Information
on the Internet. this link works, but some of the links on this paper do not.
The paper itself is excellent.
http://hitiweb.mitretek.org/docs/criteria.html
British Healthcare Internet Association (1996). Quality Standards
for Medical Publishing on the Web. Criteria unanimously recommended by
the BHIA membership as core criteria for quality in medical publishing on the
Web.
http://www.bhia.org/
Cyber Cautions. A short information sheet presenting some excellent
points that should be considered when evaluating health care information on
the Internet.
http://www.nnpdf.org/linkwarn.htm
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (2002). An excellent
resource for evaluating Web Pages. Includes examples, criteria and suggestions
for successful Internet assignments.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html
Health Related Web Site Evaluation Form. Consists of three pages.
(For glossary of terms used in the form see http://www.sph.emory.edu/WELLNESS/glossary.html)
http://www.sph.emory.edu/WELLNESS/instrument.html
Kim, P., Eng, T. R., & Deering, M. J. (1999. Published criteria
for evaluating health related web sites: review. British Medical Journal,
;318, 647-649. [Electronic Version]. (Added March
10, 2005)
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/short/318/7184/647
Kovacs, D. (2003). Scroll down this page for links to information
not only about evaluating sites, but other subjects including how to spot health
frauds and medical web sites. (Added November 17, 2003)
http://www.kovacs.com/mlace.html
Nielsen, L. (2000). Quick and Effective Website Evaluation. Originally
published in CIN Plus in September 2000, this PDF File
presents an acronym that can be used when quickly evaluating a Web site. Full
citation is Nicoll, LH. Quick and effective website evaluation. CIN Plus. 2000;
3(3) Sep 1:9,12. If you access online be sure to add [Electronic Version] (Added
January 8, 2004)
http://www.mainedesk.com/website%20eval1.pdf
Quality Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites. This link goes
to part of a white paper about evaulating health information on the Web. It
was a joint effort between Mitretek Systems, the Health Information Technology
Institute (HITI), and the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
http://hitiweb.mitretek.org/docs/criteria.html#criteria
Links to information about the history of the Internet from the
Internet Society. (Added January 5, 2006)
http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/
Murray E., Lo B, Pollack P.,Donelan K, Catania J, Lee K., Zapert
K. &Turner R. (2003). The impact of health information on the internet on
health care and the physician-patient relationship: National U.S. survey among
1.050 U.S. physicians. Journal of Medical Internet Research 5(3). The article
is exactly as the title suggests. Added September 8,
2003
http://www.jmir.org/2003/3/e17/
Buying Your Way In: Search Engine Advertising. This site explains
the various types of advertising that search engines feature. Great chart that
compares all the major search tools. (Added October
8, 2004)
http://searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/article.php/2167941
Those Dark Hiding Places: The Invisible Web Revealed. An excellent
source for finding hidden Web content. (Added January
5, 2006)
http://library.rider.edu/scholarly/rlackie/Invisible/Inv_Web.html
Invisible Web. There are many legitimate sources that the usual
search tools such as Google, don't find. This site provides hints for finding
this material and reasons why some sites are invisible.. (Added
December 4, 2003)
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.html
Wondering where to start searching for scholarly material? A WEb
site called Noodle Tools can provide a good start.
http://www.noodletools.com/
A tutorial from the University of South Carolina Beaufort Library,
called Bare Bones 101 provides excellent, quick, easy to read information. Has
information about several of the more popular search tools. Recommended for
any level of searcher.
http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html
Boolean Tutorial. Don't let the title scare you, this
is written very simply using diagrams. The focus is to help you narrow a search.
http://library.albany.edu/internet/boolean.html
U.C. Berkeley Library WWW (2001). Recommended search strategy.
This is an excellent tutorial that provides help in analyzing a topic for the
appropriate words to use in a search and then selecting the appropriate search
tool. (Added January 3, 2004)
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Strategies.html.
Web Search Strategies. Presents good information about preparing
for a search. Includes information about differentiating the types of search
tools and Boolean searching.
http://www.learnwebskills.com/search/main.html
Web Searching Tips.
Provides tips on improving the use of search engines, along with some fun facts
such as what people search for on search engines. Also offers help to those
who wish to publicize their site.
http://searchenginewatch.internet.com
/facts/
Hardin Library for the health sciences from the University of
Iowa. This is a great source for all kinds of health related information, both
lay and professional. A few things are restricted to University affiliated personnel,
but most are available to all.
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/
Search for health sites.
This Site, developed by health care professionals includes a directory of more
than 50,000 professionally-reviewed Internet resources, supportive online communities,
and the HealthAtoZ Calendar. Unfortunately, a search yields the URL for a site,
but it is not linked and must be typed into the address (location) line.
http://www.healthatoz.com
A tutorial designed especially for nursing and health related
disciplines for using the Internet.
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/nurse
Shea, V. (2004). Net Etiquette. The Internet calls for
a different type of etiquette. This is an excellent resource,
divided into chapters so that you can pursue any area you wish.
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index.html
McLellan, T. (1997). An Introduction to Usenet News.
An excellent explanation of news groups
http://www.islandnet.com/~tmc/html/articles/usentnws.htm
Usenet News. A good explanation of what a news group is and what
it is not. Each topic here is explained briefly. If you are really curious,
you can click on the title of the topic for a link to probably more than you
ever wanted to know.
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/zen/zen-1.0_6.html
(These references are from the chapter. This list only include the ones that are still available. Please report broken links to Linda Q. Thede)
About Health on the Net Foundation (1998.) Retrieved February 9, 2002
from
http://www.hon.ch/Global/about_HON.html.
eHealth code of ethics. eHealth Ethics Initiative, Internet Healthcare
Coalition. PDF File
Retrieved February 13, 2002 from
http://www.ihealthcoalition.org/ethics/ehcode.html
(You can download the file from here.)
HONcode Principles. Retrieved February 9, 2002 from
http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html.
Impicciatore, P., Pandolfini, C., Casella N., & Bonati, M. (1997). Reliability
of health information for the public on the World Wide Web: Systematic survey
of advice on managing fever in children at home. [Electronic Version]. British
Medical Journal, Clinical Research Edition , 314, 1875-1879. Retrieved
December 28, 1998
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/314/7098/1875. Now at
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/314/7098/1875
McClung, H. J., Murray, R. D., & Heitlinger, L. A. (1998). The Internet as
a source for current patient information. Pediatrics, 101(6), e2. Retrieved
June 18, 2002 from http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/101/6/e2. Now
at
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/101/6/e2
Risk, A. & Dzenowagis, J. (2001, March). Review of Internet Health Information
Quality Initiatives. Journal of Internet Medical Research 4 (3). Retrieved
January 6, 2002 from
http://www.jmir.org/2001/4/e28/
Schloman, B. (August 19, 1999). Needle in a haystack? Finding health information
on the Web. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. Retrieved June 18,
2002.
(An
article that discusses finding information and features descriptions and links
to sites that specialize in finding health related information. Very helpful
for finding health related sites.)
http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/infocol/info_2.htm
Sullivan, D. (2001). How Search Engines Work. Retrieved February 4,
2002 from
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/article.php/2168031
U.C. Berkeley Library WWW (2001). Recommended search strategy. Retrieved
from the World Wide WWW February 3, 2002 from
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Strategies.html
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