HINARI/Health Information on the Internet (module 1.3)

MODULE 1.3 Health Information on the Internet Instructions - This part of the:  course is a PowerPoint demonstration intended to introduce you to Health Information on the Internet  module is off-line and is intended as an information resource for reference use.

Table of Contents  Evaluating Health Information on the Internet  Sources of Health Information  Free Health Resources on the Internet  E-Journal Sources  Managing Internet Resources

Evaluating Web Information Criteria for Evaluation -Accuracy -Authority -Currency -Coverage -Objectivity Criteria for evaluating Health Information html

Evaluation Checklist

Website accrediting organization

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Free Health Resources on the Internet Ready reference material Library Catalogues Journals - fee based subscriptions and open access Bulletins, Newsletters Government Information Full-text documents including grey literature Research Databases Publishers’ Databases Discussion groups

Health Information on the Internet Health Directories – Yahoo Search Engines or Searchable Gateways/Portals – INTUTE – Karolinska Institutet’s Diseases, Disorder and Related Topics – Essential Health Links – Health Sciences Online (HSO)

Essential Health Links This is the AED/SATELLIFE Essential Health Links gateway that links to relevant WWW sites for the health community in developing and transitional countries. Note the inclusion of the HonCode logo.

Karolinska Institutet ` This the Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics gateway. Users can link to specific websites by keyword searching, alphabetical listing or broad subject categories.

Health Sciences Online is a searchable portal with over 50,000 reviewed articles on courses, references, guidelines and other learning resources. It was launched in late 2008.

Health Information Resources Health Databases – PubMed –Source Bibliographic Database: International Health and Disability –Global Index Medicus

Health Organizations Resources –Governmental agencies U.S. National Institutes of Health U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention –Inter-governmental agencies WHO WHO: Western Pacific Region –Non-governmental agencies Popline SatelLife Family Health International Other Sources of Health Information

Searching within the NLM website This is the (U.S.) National Library of Medicine (NLM) database. It includes many resources besides PubMed. You can Search the site from the Search Box.

e-journals sources further resources:

HireWire Press free article database This the HighWire Press List is for HINARI eligible countries and can be accessed directly since that is based on IP address. Note that HighWire Press also has another list titled 'Free full-text' for users throughout the world.

FreeMedicalJournals.com FreeMedicalJournals.com lists journals sites that make their content free to all users. Journals are listed by A-Z, speciality, and language.

BioMed Central BioMed Central is an open access publisher that makes access to published articles freely available to the public. The journals are funded by an author pays model.

PubMed Central PubMed Central is a free archive of articles that have been deposited in this free repository.

e-book sources Further resources links/fulltext-e-books.html links/fulltext-e-books.html

Freebooks4doctors FreeBooks4Doctors is a gateway with links to 600+ full text e-books.

Fee-Based Internet Resources Reference Titles Periodical Indexes Electronic Journals Electronic Text Books Online Databases

Managing Internet Resources Bookmarks –What is a Bookmark? Mozilla Firefox Favorites Internet Explorer Further Internet or Search Skills Resources for-health-information-users.html

Adding favorites 1 In Mozilla Firefox, we are adding the HINARI link to Bookmarks. You can change the name of the link. In Windows Internet Explorer, this function is called Favorites.

Adding favorites 1 When you select Favorites from the tool bar, you can see that your page has been added to the list. This is the end of Module 1.2 There is a Work Book to accompany this part of the module. The workbook will take you through a live session covering the topics included in this demonstration with working examples. Updated