HINARI/Health Information
on the Internet
(module 1.3)
MODULE 1.3
Health Information on the Internet
Instructions - This part of the:
 course is a PowerPoint demonstration intended
to introduce you to Health Information on the
Internet
 module is off-line and is intended as an
information resource for reference use.
Table of Contents
 Evaluating Health Information on the Internet
 Sources of Health Information
 Free Health Resources on the Internet
 E-Journal Sources
 Managing Internet Resources
Evaluating Web Information
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Criteria for Evaluation
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Accuracy
Authority
Currency
Coverage
Objectivity
Criteria for evaluating Health Information
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/evaluatinghealthinformation.html
Evaluation Checklist
Evaluation Checklist - Short Version
Website URL:
Criteria
1. Validity/Relevance/Scope of Content (statement of purpose, description of
contents/scope/limits and intended audiences, citing of sources, meets users
needs, compliments other information and fits into broader field of knowledge)
2. Identification/Authority of Author/Sponsor (name, position, and training,
contact information; professional or organizational credentials)
3. Site Access and Usability (ease of connection and downloading, sponsor of
the site, access restrictions, freedom of use/replication, cost limitation,
software/hardware restrictions, text only option)
4. Information Structure, Design and Aesthetics (design meets users' needs,
clear and descriptive title and headings, clarity of graphics and icons, readability,
grammar and language editing, email address links, any irritating variables, the
use of crea
5. Navigation within the Document (organizational structures, menu design,
ease of navigation, indexes, tables of contents, concise pages, built in search
functions, online "help")
6. Quality of the Links (usefulness of links, organization scheme, visibility and
understandability, relevance and appropriateness, methodology of selecting links)
Total Score
LR 03/04
5 (excellent) to 1 (poor)
Website accrediting organization
Google Search: Dengue Fever
CDC: Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention presents detailed information about this mosquito-born.
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/dengue/ - 37k –
Dengue fever, disease information, NCID, CDC Infectious Disease Information.
Dengue Fever and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (Dengue Virus Infection).
www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec80006ce4 - 17k
Dengue Fever Factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention.
www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/dengue.htm - 13k Dengue Fever - Main Subscribe to denguefever news.
www.denguefevermusic.com/ - 8k –
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)
are acute febrile diseases,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_fever 39k –
WHO: Dengue and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever Includes cause, prevalence,
transmission, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs117/ - 24k –
eMedicine - Dengue Fever : Article by Daniel D Price, MD Dengue Fever
www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic124.htm - 75k -
Free Health Resources on the Internet
• Ready reference material
• Library Catalogues
• Journals - fee based subscriptions and open
access
• Bulletins, Newsletters
• Government Information
• Full-text documents including grey literature
• Research Databases
• Publishers’ Databases
• Discussion groups
Health Information on the Internet
• Health Directories
• Yahoo
dir.yahoo.com/Health/Medicine
• Search Engines or Searchable Gateways/Portals
• INTUTE
Intute.ac.uk/medicine/
• Diseases, Disorder and Related Topics
www.mic.stacken.kth.se/Diseases
• Essential Health Links
www.healthnet.org/essential-health-links/
• Health Sciences Online (HSO)
hso.info
Essential Health Links
This is the AED/SATELLIFE
Essential Health Links gateway that
links to relevant WWW sites for the
health community in developing and
transitional countries. Note the
inclusion of the HonCode logo.
http://www.healthnet.org/esssential-health-links
http://hso.info
Health Sciences Online is a searchable portal with over
50,000 reviewed articles on courses, references, guidelines
and other learning resources. It was launched in late 2008
and includes the Google Translation option.
http://hso.info
Karolinska Institutet
This the Diseases, Disorders and
Related Topics gateway. Users can
link to specific websites by keyword
searching, alphabetical listing or
broad subject categories.
www.mic.stacken.kth.se/Diseases
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Health Information Resources
Health Databases
• PubMed
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed
• Source Bibliographic Database: International Health
and Disability
www.asksource.info/Index.html
• Global Index Medicus
www.who.int/ghl/medicus/en/
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Other Sources of Health Information
Health Organizations Resources
 Governmental agencies
 U.S. National Institutes of Health www.nih.gov/
 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.nih.gov
 Inter-governmental agencies
 WHO www.who.int
 WHO: Western Pacific Region www.wpro.who.int
 Non-governmental agencies
 Popline db.jhuccp.org/ics-wpd/popweb
 SatelLife www.satellife.org/
 Family Health International wmww.fhl.org/en/index.htm
Searching within the NLM website
This is the (U.S.) National Library of
Medicine (NLM) database. It includes
many resources besides PubMed. You
can Search the site from the Search Box.
Other e-journals sources
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www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov
www.biomedcentral.com
www.freemedicaljournals.com
highwire.stanford.edu/lists/devecon.dtl
www.doaj.org
www.dmoz.org/Health/
www.inasp.org/uk/ajol/index.html
Further resources
www.healthnet.org/essential-links/fulltext-e-journals.html
HireWire Press free article database
This the HighWire Press List is for HINARI eligible
countries and can be accessed directly since that is
based on IP address.
Note that HighWire Press also has another list titled
'Free full-text' for users throughout the world.
FreeMedicalJournals.com
FreeMedicalJournals.com lists
journals sites that make their
content free to all users.
Journals are listed by A-Z,
speciality, and language.
BioMed Central
BioMed Central is an open access publisher
that makes access to published articles freely
available to the public. The journals are funded
by an author pays model.
PubMed Central
PubMed Central is a free archive of articles that
have been deposited in this free repository.
E-book resources
• www.freebooks4doctors.com
• www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php
• www.medicalstudent.com/#MedicalTextbooks
• Further resources:
www.healthnet.org/essential-links/fulltext-e-books.html
Freebooks4doctors
FreeBooks4Doctors is a gateway with links to
600+ full text e-books.
Another useful gateway is the FreeBookCentre.Net
We have opened the Medical Books category. Note
that these links are organized by broad subject
category plus there is a keyword Search engine.
Managing Internet Resources
• Bookmarks
– What is a Bookmark?
• Mozilla Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Favorites
• Internet Explorer
• Further Internet or Search Skills Resources
www.healthnet.org/essential-links/internet-skills-for-health-informationusers.html
Adding favorites 1
In Mozilla Firefox, we are adding the
HINARI link to Bookmarks or
Favorites in Internet Explorer. You
can change the name of the link.
In Windows Internet Explorer, this
function is called Favorites.
Adding favorites 1
When you select Bookmarks or
Favorites from the tool bar, you can
see that your page has been added
to the list.
This is the end of Module 1.3
There is a Work Book to accompany this part of
the module. The workbook will take you through
a live session covering the topics included in this
demonstration with working examples.
Updated 2010 11