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Evaluating Health Information - Web Resources

  • MedlinePlus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing. More on Evaluating Health Information. Medline Plus is from the NLM and the NIH.
  • Health on the Net Foundation. - Includes the HONcode Hunt and WRAPIN search features that claim to only bring up reliable health web sites. The HONcode is used to review and accredit web sites. Currently the HONcode is used by over 5,000 accredited websites, covering 72 countries. View the HONcode principles.
  • Health News Review - Newspaper and magazine health coverage is reviewed and rated on this site. This site is published by Gary Schwitzer who is a professor in the school of journalism at The University of Minnesota.
  • T.R.I.P. Database (Turning Research Into Practice) UK evidence-based practice research search engine.
  • Health Compass - Navigating Research Information on Health and Aging. Developed by the American Federation for Aging Research and the Merck Institute of Aging & Health, two non-profit organizations
  • Guide to Evaluating Health Information on the World Wide Web: PDF Version or Web/HTML Version by the Setting Priorities for Retirement Years (SPRY) Foundation.