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NU 420
INFORMATION LITERACY
SESSION
Using Reliable
Resources
Question:
Should the web be
used to find
medical/health
resources?
Answer:
Yes, however….
Websites must be evaluated
to verify
•Authority
•Accuracy
•Objectivity
•Currency
•Purpose
Question:
Why is
verification
important?
Answer:
Because not all information
on the web is
•Equal
•Accurate
•Created by an expert
•Intended as authoritative
Web Evaluation
Criteria
Authority:
•Are you able to identify the author? Can
you verify the author is an expert in the
field being researched?
•If an author is not cited, is the site
sponsored by a well known and well
regarded organization or agency?
•Is the site found in a reliable domain
(.edu, .gov, .org)?
•Can you find any trustworthy reviews of
the site?
Accuracy
•Is the writing sound? Do you see typing,
spelling or grammatical errors?
•Is there a list of references? Do the
sources in the reference list seem
scholarly? Is an original source for the
information cited?
•Can you verify the information in another
reliable source?
•If disclaimers are used, what is the
nature of their warning?
Objectivity
•Is there any reason to
suspect bias?
•Are links to other sites
provided? If so, do they
indicate potential bias?
Currency
•When was the site created?
•When was the site last
updated?
•If links are provided on the
page, do they point to live,
updated sites?
Purpose
•For whom is the site
intended?
•What is the main
objective of the site?
Remember, the best tool you bring to web
resource evaluation is your growing
professional knowledge in the field of
nursing.
Do not be afraid to rely on that knowledge
when rejecting resources that seem to
“pass” a criteria-based evaluation, and do
not hesitate to include resources when
you can confirm their accuracy and
usefulness.
Wikipedia
Three Tips of Finding EBP in
SJC Databases
Tip 1:
Search appropriate databases:
•Cochrane Database of
Systematic Review
•CINAHL
•MEDLINE
Tip 2:
Check database controlled
vocabulary when in doubt.
CINAHL and MEDLINE use specific
subject heading that do not always
match our own vocabulary.
Blood pressure = hypertension
Tip 3:
Limiters function differently when
performing simultaneous
searching.
Not all databases respond to the
same limiters.
CINAHL’s
Evidence-Based Practice limiter
yields articles with general
studies into the use of EBP, not
the practices themselves.
Use the “Systematic Review”
Publication Type instead.