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1. Introduction to Community
Dental Services
Library Instruction Session I
February 9, 2023

2. SCHEDULE
 Session 2:
 Overview of library
resources
 Dental Hygiene Subject
Guide
 Ask a Librarian Link
 Health Sciences
Databases
 PubMed
 Medline with Full-text
 Practice
 Evaluation
 Session 1:
 Website Evaluation
 Practice

3. Research Genius:
Dental Hygiene Subject Guide
https://libguides.hvcc.edu/dentalhygiene

4. Learning Outcome for today
 Information has value.
 Doesn’t matter where it’s found.
 Does the information you find meet your needs?
 What is its value to you or your patient?

5. Searching for websites / Using a search engine

6. Where did this information come from?

7. As compared to this information?
Medical News Today -

8. What does it all mean? What can I trust?

9. Patient Demonstration

10. Website Evaluation Criteria
 Use the CRAP test –
 C = Currency
 R = Reliability
 A = Authority
 P = Purpose / Point of
View
 Use the SIFT method -
 S = Stop
 I = Investigate the source
 F = Find better coverage
 T = Trace claims, quotes,
and media to the original
context

11. Attributed to: Mike Caulfield

12. Criteria for Website Evaluation
SIFT Method
S = Stop I = Investigate
 Do you know anything
about the website's
reputation?
 Do you know if the
website is trustworthy?
 Most of the time a
website will not be
familiar to you.
 Investigate the website
by Googling it!
o Wikipedia may be a good
place for find out basic
information, including:
 Purpose
 Point of View
 Reading level
o Check the ellipses next
to the website url – brief
description

13. Criteria for Website Evaluation:
SIFT method
F = Find better coverage T = Trace
 Search for information
written by other sources
on the topic.
 Try a different search
engine like
DuckDuckGo or Bing
 Read the snippets
below each result
 Fact check the website
 Trace the information
back to its original
source.
 Can be distorted based
on the author's internal
biases.
 Is the first source
accurately reporting the
information? Does it
contradict what you
read?

14. 2 additional criteria
Read laterally
 Investigating the
credibility of a webpage
by opening additional
browser tabs and
searching for what
others are saying about
the original webpage.
 Be aware of your own
biases
 Practice click restraint.
o Be more thoughtful when
clicking on links.
Check yourself

15. Let's do some samples:
Dr. Axe
Wellness Mama
Mouthhealthy
Washington Center for Dentistry

16. Citing
 APA citation assistance
 Dental Guide – APA page
 Let’s build a citation for Wellness Mama website
example: