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    1. Evaluating the Internet Melissa Rethlefsen, MDH Library 6 th Annual Capacity Building Conference College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN June 13 th , 2002
    2. Agenda
      • Introduction
      • Basics of Website Evaluation
      • Searching Google and Finding Great Results
      • Evaluating Health Websites: the JAMA Benchmarks
      • Hands-on Practice – Searching
      • Hands-on Practice – Evaluating
    3. Evaluating Basics
      • Authority
      • Accuracy and Coverage
      • Currency
    4. What Is Authority?
      • Who is the author?
      • Is the author objective or biased?
      • Does the author have a stake in the
      • information?
      • What kind of website is it? Commercial?
      • Educational? Governmental?
    5. How Can I Determine Accuracy and Coverage?
      • Who is the intended audience?
      • Are there links to other websites?
      • Are references given for source material (a
      • bibliography)?
      • What are the sources for the information given? What
      • methods did those sources use to obtain the information?
      • How much information is given?
      • How well does the website’s information mesh with
      • other sources?
    6. How Can I Determine Currency?
      • Is there a creation date on the website?
      • Is there information about updates to the website?
      • Are links active or broken?
      • Is there more recent information elsewhere?
    7. The JAMA Benchmarks
      • Authorship : proper identification of authors and
      • contributors
      • Attribution for all sources of information
      • Disclosures of site ownership, financing, advertising, and
      • conflicts of interest
      • Curr ency : indication of the dates content is posted and
      • updated
    8. Search #1 Professional information on preventing tuberculosis
    9. Search #2 Consumer-oriented information on treating Crohn’s Disease
    10. Search #3 Spanish-language, consumer-oriented educational materials on Pap tests

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