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Evaluating Websites

Is more than one viewpoint or opinion expressed?
Is the information presented as fact or opinion?
Is the site’s purpose to inform? To entertain? To persuade? To explain? To advocate a cause? To sell a product?
Does the author use emotionally charged language?

Is the information directed toward a general or specialized audience?
Is the information comprehensive enough for your needs? Specific enough? Too detailed? Too vague?
Does the information cover the correct period of time for your topic? The correct geographical area?

Harvard Global Health Institute
An interfaculty initiative that facilitates collaboration across the Harvard community and partners worldwide to advance global health equity.
National Center for Health Statistics
NCHS collects, analyzes, and disseminates timely, relevant, and accurate health data and statistics.
PA Health Statistics
Statistical products covering a wide variety of health topics suitable for community health assessments, research, and public inquiry. All statistical reports and webpages are maintained by the Health Informatics Office within the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used. AHRQ priorities are described.
Health Resources & Services Administration
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.
National Library of Medicine
The world’s largest biomedical library, NLM maintains and makes available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources on a wide range of topics that are searched billions of times each year by millions of people around the globe.

American Nursing Informatics Association
To advance the field of nursing informatics through communication, education, research and professional activities
PA State Board of Nursing
The State Board of Nursing protects the health and safety of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through the licensure/certification and regulation of the practice of professional and practical nursing and dietetics-nutrition by registered nurses, practical nurses, certified registered nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, dietitian-nutritionists, and graduate nurses.
Pennsylvania State Nurses Association
PSNA is the respected voice for a tradition of care that serves nearly every Pennsylvania family. We’re trusted by public policy decision makers and the wider medical community because we represent the values of our members with passion and integrity in the public square. PSNA matters to Pennsylvania’s leaders.
Student Nurses' Association of PA
The Student Nurses’ Association of Pennsylvania is a non profit organization and constituent of the National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA), representing nursing students throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.