Search engines & subject directories
As well as general search engines such as Google and Live.com, there are a number of excellent specialtized search tools to help you find the information you need, including:
- Healia – health search engine – http://www.healia.com/
- MedHunt – internationally recognized source of quality health information – http://www.hon.ch/MedHunt/
- Scirus – search engine for scientific information – http://www.scirus.com/
- Voice of the Shuttle – subject directory for the humanities (literature, history, art history, etc.) – http://vos.ucsb.edu/
Evaluating websites
Before including any information source in your assignments it is important to critically evaluate its quality. Using a website evaluation checklist can help you to analyze websites.