1. Website Evaluation Betsy Hopkins, Life Sciences Librarian Brigham Young University betsy_hopkins@byu.edu

2. Quick Look Criteria Presence/authority of an author Presence/authority of sponsoring organization or publisher Timeliness Cited sources Type of venue

3. Content Analysis Criteria Intended audience Intended purpose Coverage Treatment and tone Confirmation from other sources

4. Evaluating Health Information on the Web National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html Medical Library Association Guidelines: http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Library: http://hsclibrary.uchsc.edu/education/evaluating.php http://hsclibrary.uchsc.edu/education/evaluating.php

5. Next, Introduction & Overview of Todays Program History of Science and Technology Portals, General Databases & Google Scholar Website Evaluation Biology & Medicine Resources ------------ First Hour Break -------------- 2 nd Hour intro/recap Engineering & Technology Resources Physical Sciences: Chemistry, Physics,… Questions & Answers

6. Biology Resources: General Biology Browser http://www.biologybrowser.org/ http://www.biologybrowser.org/ ActionBioscience http://www.actionbioscience.org/ http://www.actionbioscience.org/

7. Biology Resources, Contd Agricola http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/ Biological (Pest) Control (insects, diseases, weeds) http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/ http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/ Gray Herbarium Index of New World Plant Names http://www.huh.harvard.edu/databases/index.html http://www.huh.harvard.edu/databases/index.html ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System http://www.itis.usda.gov/http://www.itis.usda.gov/ Mammal Species of the World http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/ National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/ http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/ National Marine Fisheries http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ National Park Service Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia http://www.nature.nps.gov/hazardssafety/toxic/ http://www.nature.nps.gov/hazardssafety/toxic/ PrimateLit - (Primate Research Center) http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu/http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu/ US Fish and Wildlife Reference Service Database http://fa.r9.fws.gov/r9fwrs/dbinfo.htm http://fa.r9.fws.gov/r9fwrs/dbinfo.htm Utah Conservation Data Center (Plant and Animal Species) http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/ucdc/ http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/ucdc/

8. About Plants and Animals Encyclopedia of Life http://www.eol.org/ http://www.eol.org/ International Field Guides http://www.library.uiuc.edu/bix/fieldguides/main.htm http://www.library.uiuc.edu/bix/fieldguides/main.htm IUCN Red List http://www.iucnredlist.org/ http://www.iucnredlist.org/ PLANTS Database http://plants.usda.gov/index.html http://plants.usda.gov/index.html Smithsonian North American Mammals http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/ http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/

9. About the Environment EarthTrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ http://earthtrends.wri.org/ Encyclopedia of Earth http://www.eoearth.org/ http://www.eoearth.org/ Envirofacts http://www.epa.gov/enviro/ http://www.epa.gov/enviro/

10. Medicine Resources Starting places – Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/ http://medlineplus.gov/ – Healthfinder.gov http://healthfinder.gov/ http://healthfinder.gov/ – Top 100 Websites from Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html Health on the Net Foundation http://www.hon.ch/ http://www.hon.ch/ HON Code website seal

11. Free Databases BioMedCentral http://www.biomedcentral.com/http://www.biomedcentral.com/ Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) http://www.nbirn.net/ http://www.nbirn.net/ Cancer Library from the National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/literature http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/literature

12. National Library of Medicine NLM Gateway http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd NCBI All Databases Search http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/gquery?itool=toolbar http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/gquery?itool=toolbar Gene vs. Protein Pubmed

13. Pubmed/Medline Same core database – 5000+ journals – Health, medicine, and pre-clinical sciences Pubmed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/ – Search algorithm better for patrons – EBSCO version better for super searchers – Review articles more readable

14. Other resources on EBSCO http://pioneer.utah.gov/ AltHealth Watch – Covers complementary and alternative health – 180 titles, full text – Less scholarly, more readable HealthSource Consumer Edition – Full text – 80 magazines, 1000+ pamphlets, 130 ref books – More readable than Medline

15. Next, Introduction & Overview of Todays Program History of Science and Technology Portals, General Databases & Google Scholar Website Evaluation Biology & Medicine Resources First Hour Break 2 nd Hour intro/recap Engineering & Technology Resources Physical Sciences: Chemistry, Physics,… Questions & Answers