Website Evaluation
Put on your critical thinking cap when you browse through the websites. Most of us usually look at the top few results when we do a Google search! Rememeber, better sites may be on successive pages. You should be creafully reviewing wensites; make sure the website is a credible one and relevant to your information needs. Generally .edu and .gov pages are reliable but you need to carefully evaluate .com and .org pages. Many libraries and librarians use their own evaluation criteria but most are similar in their essence. I have been using the SCRAP test (acronym) for many years now and have listed that below.
Internet Sources
- Science-Based Medicine
A blog exploring issues & controversies in science & medicine - Steps in Scientific Research Process
From the Globe Program - CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- History of Medicine
From National Library of Medicine
Alternative/Integrative Medicine
Interesting Publications
- Peters, H. P. (2013). Gap between science and media revisited: Scientists as public communicators. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(Suppl 3), 14102–14109. http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1212745110 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3752168/
- The Media and Communicating Science to the Public by Jerry E Bishop Deputy News Editor (Science) CBE VIEWS * VOL. 20, NR 3, 1997 http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/wp-content/uploads/v20n3p088-089.pdf
- Science and the Media.
Ed. by Donald Kennedy and Geneva Overhosler 2010 https://www.amacad.org/pdfs/scienceMedia.pdf
Other Medical Lab Technology related sites
- The Essential Role of Laboratory Professionals
- Bloodline - Hematology Education & News
News, select publications and other e-resources for hematology and oncology scientists and practioners.
- Microscopy Society of America
The MSA is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote and advance the techniques and applications of microscopy and microanalysis in all relevant scientific disciplines.
- Laboratory Science, Policy and Practice Program Office
LSPPPO's mission is to "provide leadership, advocacy and cross-cutting services to continuously strengthen the quality of laboratory science, policy and practice at CDC, in the U.S. and globally."
- ARUP's Laboratory Test Directory
"ARUP's Laboratory Test Directory contains complete, up-to-date test information, including methodology and reporting times, collection and transportation specifications, reference intervals, test notes, and CPT codes."
- Faculty of 1000 Medicine
Recommendations and ratings of top articles in medicine from leading scientists and clinicians.
