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Evaluating Health Information
Guide to evaluating health websites and other health information sources.
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Health Literacy
Health Misinformation and Disinformation
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Library Resources
Library Titles on Health Information
Related Guides
Consumer Health Websites
Evidence-Based Healthcare Literature
COVID-19, Vaccines, and Your Community
Starting Points
CRAAP Test
California State University, Chico, checklist for evaluating information.
Criteria for Evaluating Websites
University of Washington health sciences librarian offers six questions to ask yourself when evaluating a website.
Evaluating Health Information
Suggestions from UCSF Medical Center.
Evaluating Health Information on the Internet
Fact sheet from NIH's National Cancer Institute.
Evaluating Health Websites
Tips from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
Find Good Health Information
Guide from the Medical Library Association.
Finding and Evaluating Online Resources on Complementary Health Approaches
Tips from NIH's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).
How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet
Information from Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS), also known as the Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet
Suggestions from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
MedlinePlus: Evaluating Health Information
Information for consumers from National Library of Medicine.
MedlinePlus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing
Suggestions from the National Library of Medicine.
Quality of Health Information
Suggestions from healthfinder.gov.
Using Trusted Resources
Tips from NIH's National Cancer Institute.
Websites
Consumer Health Resources
List from National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
HealthFinder.gov
Gateway to consumer health and human services information
HealthReach: Health Information in Many Languages
Patient materials and provider information from National Library of Medicine.
MedlinePlus: Health Information in Multiple Languages
Resource page from National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus.
MLA Top Health Websites
Recommendations from the Medical Library Association.
Multi-Cultural Resources for Health Information
Resource list from National Library of Medicine.
Top 100 List: Health Websites You Can Trust
List of recommended health sites from the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) of the Medical Library Association.
Organizations
Health on the Net (HON) Foundation
Nonprofit NGO that promotes and guides the deployment of useful and reliable online health information, and its appropriate and efficient use.
Articles of Interest
Who's watching when you look for health information online?
S. Hensley,
Shots: Health News from NPR
, July 9, 2013.
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