Evaluation of selected health sciences web-sites
The Internet, best described as a "network of networks", has been hailed as the electronic superhighway of world-wide information and Communications structure. It has enjoyed widespread popularity because of its ease of use. However the Internet, including the World Wide Web sites has no q...
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| author | Chua, Siew Bee. |
| author2 | Cave, Roderick |
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| description | The Internet, best described as a "network of networks", has been hailed as the electronic superhighway of world-wide information and Communications structure. It has enjoyed widespread popularity because of its ease of use. However the Internet, including the World Wide Web sites has no quality control. Health-related sites are no exception. Web evaluation techniques are just beginning to be developed. Although there have been attempts to evaluate the World Wide Web sites, these show varying degrees of comprehensiveness. It is especially important to evaluate health-related sites, as any errors or inaccuracies in the information disseminated may result in potentially harmful and serious consequences. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/204362020-09-27T20:15:19Z Evaluation of selected health sciences web-sites Chua, Siew Bee. Cave, Roderick School of Applied Science DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information sources The Internet, best described as a "network of networks", has been hailed as the electronic superhighway of world-wide information and Communications structure. It has enjoyed widespread popularity because of its ease of use. However the Internet, including the World Wide Web sites has no quality control. Health-related sites are no exception. Web evaluation techniques are just beginning to be developed. Although there have been attempts to evaluate the World Wide Web sites, these show varying degrees of comprehensiveness. It is especially important to evaluate health-related sites, as any errors or inaccuracies in the information disseminated may result in potentially harmful and serious consequences. Master of Science (Information Studies) 2009-12-15T02:59:41Z 2009-12-15T02:59:41Z 1997 1997 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20436 en NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 96 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information sources Chua, Siew Bee. Evaluation of selected health sciences web-sites |
| title | Evaluation of selected health sciences web-sites |
| title_full | Evaluation of selected health sciences web-sites |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of selected health sciences web-sites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of selected health sciences web-sites |
| title_short | Evaluation of selected health sciences web-sites |
| title_sort | evaluation of selected health sciences web sites |
| topic | DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information sources |
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