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Resources to help assess the reliability, meaning and usefulness of health information
Health on the Net Code of Conduct by jdc10 — last modified 2007-07-17
Health on the Net Foundation's HONcode establishes quality standards for internet health sites. Adherence to these criteria is asserted by sites displaying the HONcode badge.
Evaluation of web resources by jdc10 — last modified 2007-07-17
"Evaluation of web resources is based to varying degrees on the criteria in the following sections in assessing the source, the content, and the format, the primary considerations being accuracy, authority, coverage, currency and objectivity."
Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources by jdc10 — last modified 2009-03-25
"The World Wide Web has a lot to offer, but not all sources are equally valuable or reliable."
How to Evaluate A Web Page by jdc10 — last modified 2007-07-17
Evaluating Internet Sources & Sites: A Tutorial by jdc10 — last modified 2007-07-17
"This brief tutorial highlights... criteria for evaluating sources and sites on the Internet and Web. Additionally, this tutorial provides example sites for you to apply what you have learned. The tutorial should not take you much longer than 20 minutes"
SourceWatch by jdc10 — last modified 2007-07-17
"A front group is an organization that purports to represent one agenda while in reality it serves some other party or interest whose sponsorship is hidden or rarely mentioned..."

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