Evaluating websites
Evaluate all information found on the internet as anyone can publish on any topic.
- Author authority
- Web address (URL)
- Currency
Searching the web
Government and organisations
Try exploring the About us, Publications or Resources links in these
- World Health Organisation (WHO) - Epidemiology
- Department of Health & Ageing (Australia)
- Australian Institute of Health & Welfare (AIHW)
- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH), at ANU
- NSW Centre for Public Health
- South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service (SESIAHS)
- Healthy Cities Illawarra
- Epidemiology Virtual Library
What's the difference?
| Library databases | |
| University focus | Useful results hidden in a jungle |
| Target journal articles | Everything and anything! |
| Better results in less pages | Results in 1000s of pages |
| Fulltext scholarly articles |
May need to pay for scholarly articles $$$ |
| Refines your search by subject area, date and lots more! | Fewer limits available |
| UOW quota free | Runs down your quota |
Google scholar
(search results open in a new window)
Beyond Google
Scirus - scientific search engine
HealthInsite (Australian)
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