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1 Website Evaluation Betsy Hopkins, Life Sciences Librarian Brigham Young University betsy_hopkins@byu.edu

2 Quick Look Criteria Presence/authority of an author Presence/authority of sponsoring organization or publisher Timeliness Cited sources Type of venue

3 Content Analysis Criteria Intended audience Intended purpose Coverage Treatment and tone Confirmation from other sources

4 Evaluating Health Information on the Web National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html Medical Library Association Guidelines: http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Library: http://hsclibrary.uchsc.edu/education/evaluating.php http://hsclibrary.uchsc.edu/education/evaluating.php

5 Next, Introduction & Overview of Todays Program History of Science and Technology Portals, General Databases & Google Scholar Website Evaluation Biology & Medicine Resources ------------ First Hour Break -------------- 2 nd Hour intro/recap Engineering & Technology Resources Physical Sciences: Chemistry, Physics,… Questions & Answers

6 Biology Resources: General Biology Browser http://www.biologybrowser.org/ http://www.biologybrowser.org/ ActionBioscience http://www.actionbioscience.org/ http://www.actionbioscience.org/

7 Biology Resources, Contd Agricola http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/ Biological (Pest) Control (insects, diseases, weeds) http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/ http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/ Gray Herbarium Index of New World Plant Names http://www.huh.harvard.edu/databases/index.html http://www.huh.harvard.edu/databases/index.html ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System http://www.itis.usda.gov/http://www.itis.usda.gov/ Mammal Species of the World http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/ National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/ http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/ National Marine Fisheries http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ National Park Service Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia http://www.nature.nps.gov/hazardssafety/toxic/ http://www.nature.nps.gov/hazardssafety/toxic/ PrimateLit - (Primate Research Center) http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu/http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu/ US Fish and Wildlife Reference Service Database http://fa.r9.fws.gov/r9fwrs/dbinfo.htm http://fa.r9.fws.gov/r9fwrs/dbinfo.htm Utah Conservation Data Center (Plant and Animal Species) http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/ucdc/ http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/ucdc/

8 About Plants and Animals Encyclopedia of Life http://www.eol.org/ http://www.eol.org/ International Field Guides http://www.library.uiuc.edu/bix/fieldguides/main.htm http://www.library.uiuc.edu/bix/fieldguides/main.htm IUCN Red List http://www.iucnredlist.org/ http://www.iucnredlist.org/ PLANTS Database http://plants.usda.gov/index.html http://plants.usda.gov/index.html Smithsonian North American Mammals http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/ http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/

9 About the Environment EarthTrends http://earthtrends.wri.org/ http://earthtrends.wri.org/ Encyclopedia of Earth http://www.eoearth.org/ http://www.eoearth.org/ Envirofacts http://www.epa.gov/enviro/ http://www.epa.gov/enviro/

10 Medicine Resources Starting places – Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/ http://medlineplus.gov/ – Healthfinder.gov http://healthfinder.gov/ http://healthfinder.gov/ – Top 100 Websites from Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html Health on the Net Foundation http://www.hon.ch/ http://www.hon.ch/ HON Code website seal

11 Free Databases BioMedCentral http://www.biomedcentral.com/http://www.biomedcentral.com/ Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) http://www.nbirn.net/ http://www.nbirn.net/ Cancer Library from the National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/literature http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/literature

12 National Library of Medicine NLM Gateway http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd NCBI All Databases Search http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/gquery?itool=toolbar http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/gquery?itool=toolbar Gene vs. Protein Pubmed

13 Pubmed/Medline Same core database – 5000+ journals – Health, medicine, and pre-clinical sciences Pubmed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/ – Search algorithm better for patrons – EBSCO version better for super searchers – Review articles more readable

14 Other resources on EBSCO http://pioneer.utah.gov/ AltHealth Watch – Covers complementary and alternative health – 180 titles, full text – Less scholarly, more readable HealthSource Consumer Edition – Full text – 80 magazines, 1000+ pamphlets, 130 ref books – More readable than Medline

15 Next, Introduction & Overview of Todays Program History of Science and Technology Portals, General Databases & Google Scholar Website Evaluation Biology & Medicine Resources First Hour Break 2 nd Hour intro/recap Engineering & Technology Resources Physical Sciences: Chemistry, Physics,… Questions & Answers


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