Effective Internet Search

SEARCH HELP RESOURCES	RESOURCE DIRECTORIES
	Online Search Tutorials		E-Marketing	Education
Search Tips	Internet Librarians - Reference Services			Physical Fitness
Improve Your Searches Now!	Search Books & Articles	General Health & Safety		Nutrition & Weight Control
RESEARCH ON SEARCHING	Search Popularity	Why Search Fails?		Cost$ of Not Searching Well

Health Tools

Lifestyle Assessments & Calculators
Personal Assessments	www.weightwatchers.ca/health/asm/index.aspx
Lifestyle Quizzes - numerous	www.weightwatchers.ca/util/qzs/index.aspx?tabnum=4
Calculate Your Life Expectancy	www.livingto100.com/quiz.htm
Cost of Smoking Calculator	www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/health_ interactive/calc_cos.cfm
Interactive Body Map - health facts & articles for 8 body systems	www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/health/primer/body_060603.htm

e-Cards
Fitness E-cards	www.vitasvibe.com/cards.shtml
Health E-cards	www.lifeclinic.com/greetingcards/gcpick.asp
Walking E-cards	walking.about.com/library/walk/blcardweight.htm

Progress Charts, Diaries & Logs

Health Logs
Health Tracker (must login)	www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/health_ interactive/health_interactive.cfm?curpage=tools#
Many logs & tools (must login)	healthplanner.chatelaine.com/tools/index.htm

Free Newsletters

Health, Lifestyle & Medical
Mayo Clinic – includes fitness, nutrition, lifestyle, health weight loss & medical information – excellent & very reputable	www.mayoclinic.com/ newsletter/index.cfm
Harvard Medical School Consumer Health – same kind of info as Mayo Clinic – excellent & very reputable	www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/ WSIHW000/24479/7046.html
WebMD – many different newsletters available focused on different topics – very reputable	pref.health.webmd.com/webmd /WebMDSelection_MiniForm.asp
Health & Lifestyle E-zines	www.zinester.com/mpb/catalog. cgi?ids=5
Healthy World	healthy.net/newsletter/ subscribe.asp
Health Resource Newsletter	www.thehealthresource .com/newsletter.html

Consumer Health Information
Consumer WebWatch – reputable health information online	www.consumerwebwatch.org/ news/newsletter.htm

Evaluating Health Information

Canadian Health Network: Using Health Information on the Internet - 2 reports	www.canadian-health- network.ca/servlet/http Server?cid=1042668266 218&pagename=CHNRCS/ Page/ShellStatichttp PageTemplate&c=Page &lang=En
Consumer WebWatch Research: A Report on the Evaluation of Criteria Sets for Assessing Health Websites (HTML format)	www.consumerweb watch.org/news/health /index.html
Consumer WebWatch Research: A Report on the Evaluation of Criteria Sets for Assessing Health Websites (PDF format)	www.consumerwebwatch. org/news/health/goldsch midt_report.pdf
Consumer WebWatch Research: Discussions of Health Web Sites in Medical and Popular Media	www.consumerwebwatch. org/news/health/Turow_ Report.pdf
Consumer WebWatch Research: Health Web Site Information Practices: A Closer Look	www.consumerwebwatch. org/news/articles/advice_ health.htm
Consumer WebWatch Research: Transcripts from "Building Trust on the Web"	www.consumerwebwatch. org/summit2003/transcript _health.htm
Health On The Net Foundation	www.hon.ch/HONcode /HONcode_check.html
Health-Related Website Evaluation Form	www.sph.emory.edu/WELL NESS/instrument.html
Internet Healthcare Coalition: Tips for Healthy Surfing Online: Finding Quality Health Information on the Internet	cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/ 2_10.htm
McGill University: Selected Consumer Health Resources	www.health.library.mcgill. ca/resource/consumer.htm
McMaster University: Searching for Health Care Information	www-hsl.mcmaster.ca/ tomflem/search.html
National Cancer Institute: How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet: Questions and Answers	cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/ 2_10.htm
National Network of Libraries of Medicine: Looking for Medical or Health Information	nnlm.gov/pnr/looking.html
Pew Internet & American Life Project: Internet Health Resources	www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/ PIP_Health_Report_July_ 2003.pdf
University of Michigan Library Health Links	www.lib.umich.edu/ megasite/toc.html

Health & Medical Organizations & Journals

American
American Cancer Society	www.cancer.org
American College of Physicians	www.acponline.org
Harvard Medical School	www.intelihealth.com/ IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23741 /23741.html
American Heart Association	www.americanheart.org
HealthLinks.Net	www.healthlinks.net
HealthWeb	healthweb.org
Journal of the American Medical Association	jama.ama-assn.org
Mayo Clinic	www.mayoclinic.com /findinformation/ healthylivingcenter
Martindale's Health Science Guide	www.martindalecenter .com/HSGuide.html
National Cancer Institute	www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/
New England Journal of Medicine	www.nejm.org/_scripts /404.asp?404;www.nejm .org/http/index.asp
US Center for Disease Control & Prevention	www.cdc.gov
US Department of Health & Human Services	www.hhs.gov
US Food & Drug Administration	www.fda.gov
US National Health Information Center - Huge health database	www.health.gov/nhic
US National Institutes of Health	www.nih.gov
US Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion	www.odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov
Canadian
Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment	www.ccohta.ca
Canadian Health Network	www.canadian-health- network.ca
Canadian Health Research Networks (health policy)	www.cprn.org
Canadian Medical Association	www.cma.ca
Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care	www.ctfphc.org
College of Family Physicians of Canada	www.cfpc.ca
Health Canada	www.hc-sc.gc.ca
International
British Medical Association	www.bma.org.uk
World Health Organization	www.who.int/home-page
Commercial
Consumer Report Online	www.consumerreports. org/main/home.jsp
Medbroadcast.com - Medical videos & information	www.medbroadcast.com
Medscape	www.medscape.com
Quackwatch	www.quackwatch.com
WebMD	www.webmd.com

Safety, Injuries & Treatment Organizations & Journals

American
American College of Sports Medicine	www.acsm.org
Gatorade Sports Science Institute	www.gssiweb.com
National Athletic Trainers' Association	www.nata.org/main.htm
Physician & Sports Medicine Journal	www.physsportsmed. com/journal.htm
Virtual Sports Injury Clinic	www.sportsinjuryclinic.net
Canadian
Canada Safety Council	www.safety-council.org
Canadian Athletic Therapists Association	www.athletictherapy.org
Canadian Red Cross	www.redcross.ca
St. John Ambulance	www.sja.ca
Commercial
Runner's World	www.runnersworld.com/ home/0,,s6-0-0-0-0,00.html
Running Network	www.runningnetwork.com
Ultimate Handbook	www.ultimatehandbook.com

SEARCH HELP RESOURCES	RESOURCE DIRECTORIES
	Online Search Tutorials		E-Marketing	Education
Search Tips	Internet Librarians - Reference Services			Physical Fitness
Improve Your Searches Now!	Search Books & Articles	General Health & Safety		Nutrition & Weight Control
RESEARCH ON SEARCHING	Search Popularity	Why Search Fails?		Cost$ of Not Searching Well