Evaluating Health Information

California State University, Chico, checklist for evaluating information.

University of Washington health sciences librarian offers six questions to ask yourself when evaluating a website.

Suggestions from UCSF Medical Center.

Fact sheet from NIH's National Cancer Institute.

Tips from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

Guide from the Medical Library Association.

Tips from NIH's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).

Information from Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS), also known as the Boston Women's Health Book Collective.

Suggestions from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Information for consumers from National Library of Medicine.

Suggestions from the National Library of Medicine.

Suggestions from healthfinder.gov.

Tips from NIH's National Cancer Institute.

List from National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

Gateway to consumer health and human services information

Patient materials and provider information from National Library of Medicine.

Resource page from National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus.

Recommendations from the Medical Library Association.

Resource list from National Library of Medicine.

List of recommended health sites from the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) of the Medical Library Association.

Nonprofit NGO that promotes and guides the deployment of useful and reliable online health information, and its appropriate and efficient use.

S. Hensley, Shots: Health News from NPR, July 9, 2013.