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ABOUT USEFUL INTERNET RESOURCES
(Selection criteria)
Useful Internet Resources is a web site which
contains links to quality checked external Internet sites that have been assessed for:
 | Authority and reputation |
| Coverage |
| Presentation and arrangement of information |
| Overall quality of a source |
| Accessibility |
| Currency and maintenance |
AUTHORITY AND REPUTATION
| only well known sources are selected |
| written by an expert |
| produced by institution with recognised knowledge and
expertise in the field |
| reviews of the site available |
COVERAGE
Subjects covered:
| medicine (including evidence-based medicine sites,
databases, electronic journals) |
| Public health (institutions, schools of Public health,
resources) |
| General information |
| Doncaster and the region area information |
| Government publications |
| Official statistics |
Sites assessed for:
| comprehensiveness |
| retrospective coverage |
| level of detail provided |
| links to further sources of information |
| original versus mirror site |
PRESENTATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF INFORMATION
| information clearly presented |
| information appropriately organised |
| headings stand out |
| aids to finding information available (indexes, menus,
search facilities, etc) |
OVERALL QUALITY OF A SOURCE
| sites include databases of high-quality materials |
| sites reviewed |
| information in the source valuable and useful |
ACCESSIBILITY
| speed of access (images, mirror sites) |
| software used to access (text-only downloads quicker) |
| access restrictions registration, proof of
membership |
CURRENCY AND MAINTENANCE
| when last updated |
| generally well maintained |
| maintenance responsibility |
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