Lesson 8: Web Resources

Introduction to Web Resources

When looking for health information, many people go directly to a search engine and enter disease names or symptoms. As you have learned from previous lessons, not all information available on the Internet is accurate or reliable. The large amounts of results from search engines can be overwhelming, and not all consumers have an understanding of how to evaluate which results are appropriate and reliable and which are questionable.

Even though you now understand more about evaluating health information on the Internet, your results will be more reliable when you use the selected, reliable sites found on the WHIC webpage.

To assist you and your clients, the librarians of the Health Sciences Library have put together a list of reputable online sources of health information targeted towards consumers. This list is available on the WHIC website and at the computer terminals in the WHIC library. Two of the sites listed, MedlinePlus and NC Health Info, will be focused on more in-depth in this lesson.

Web Resources
Next section:MedlinePlus