ULibraries Research Guides: Consumer Health: Websites

Evaluating Web Content

When searching the Web, it is important to determine if information presented is accurate and reliable. The CRAAP test is a list of criteria that can be applied to determine if the information on a site is reliable.

Applying the CRAAP test:

Currency: the timeliness of the web page
Relevance/Coverage: the uniqueness of the content and its importance for your needs.
Authority: the source of the web page
Accuracy: reliability, truthfulness and correctness of the informational content.
Purpose: presence of bias or prejudice; the reason the site exists.

Selected Web Sites

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Topics
Consumer Health Information in Many Languages Resources
From the Network of the National Library of Medicine, NNLM.
FamilyDoctor.org
Health Information Translations - Quality health education resources for diverse populations.
Health Information Translations provides education resources in multiple languages for health care professionals and others to use in their communities.
My Healthfinder
Microsite coordinated by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Mayo Clinic
Patient care and health information from the Mayo Clinic

MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
Trusted health information for you.
From the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, MEDLINEplus is for anyone with a medical question- both health professionals and consumers.

Patient Education — EthnoMed
EthnoMed is designed for educational purposes only and is not engaged in rendering medical advice or professional services. Available in multiple languages
SafetyLit
Injury prevention and safety promotion service provided in collaboration with the World Health Organization, San Diego State University Research Foundation, and the SDSU Graduate School of Public Health.
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The purpose of SafetyLit is to provide users with information to allow users to identify and find material that has been published about injury prevention and safety promotion topics -- good and poor. SafetyLit staff and volunteers regularly hand-examine (issue by issue) more than 3400 current scholarly journals from many nations to find relevant material.