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Why bother with accuracy? Consider your potential audience – Doctor’s office – School nurse’s office What would that information mean to another human being? Your brochure could mean life or death!

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Sources for Searching Websites – Remember, anyone can put anything on the web – Let’s look at a few examples Questions to ask yourself: – Who is publishing this information? Can’t find the answer? Consider another source – What is the date of publication? Still calling it an STD? Consider another source – What is the intent of the information? Attempting to sell you a drug to cure the STI? Consider another source

Searching The magic box… Type keywords and Boolean Operators, NOT COMPLETE SENTENCES – AND NOT OR HIV AND symptoms HIV symptoms NOT syphilis – “ ” HIV “Centers for Disease Control” – - HIV -Africa Use wording from your assignment sheet to help you with keywords Google custom search- only returns results from approved websites. – There are shortcuts to getting good results from a general Google search, but that’s a lesson for another day What are the symptoms of HIV?