As a health care practioner, it is very important for you to be able to critically evaluate health information sources.
The following guide from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has some great tips on how to evaluate medical information from the Web.
This purpose of this guide is to help you locate quality resources for your medical condition research assignment.
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Book Resources: start here to locate general information about your medical condition such as definitions, diagnostic procedures, symptoms, preventative ADLs, etc.
General Databases for Articles: use these resources to locate research articles about your medical condition
Specialized Databases for Health Resources: use these resources to locate research articles about your medical condition (information on appropriateness of massage and holistic treatments)
You can search across all library databases using the OneSearch Tool
Below are some quality web sites that can help you find information on your topic:
Use Google to search for educational, government and organizational websites.
To construct a site search in Google use the following formats:
site:.edu = educational sites
site:.gov = government sites
site:.org = organizational sites
For example:
site:.edu water and pollution
site:.gov uranium mining and Navajo
site:.org macrobiotic diet and sustainable agriculture
