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Review
1. Develop your Internet search skills and strategies
- Write down your search strategy on paper and list synonyms and related terms.
- Know the difference between a subject gateway, directory and search engine.
- Learn when to use which discovery tool.
- Know when to use broad search terms (Directories and Gateways) and narrow search terms (Search Engines).
- Use Help screens to find out about specific search techniques.
- Learn how to use a few discovery tools really well instead of using a lot badly.
2. Understand the need to critically evaluate resources you find on the Internet
- Who has written the site and why?
- When was the information first published/last updated?
- Where is the information from? (Which country/type of site)
- Know that it is necessary to spend some time reading About/ Aims/ History/ Disclaimer/ Copyright pages before using the content of any site.
- Realise that health and medical Web sites are not all written by qualified, unbiased professionals.
- Know that Internet information can be volatile;
it can change or disappear at any moment.
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