Scarborough Regional Hospital

1.      HIRC WEBPAGE (links for healthcare staff and general public)

Ø      Internet For Healthcare Providers

http://www.rhatobago.org/providers.htm 

Ø      Health Education Awareness Resources For Tobago / H.E.A.R.T.

http://www.rhatobago.org/heart.htm

2. evaluating websites (tutorial + review tips)      

http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorialsid=1639915&op=preview&manifestid=209&itemid=12073

3.      TRINIDAD & TOBAGO WEBSITES FOR HEALTH INFORMATION

Ø      TT-VHL / Trinidad & Tobago Virtual Health Library

http://www.vhl.org.tt/html/en/home.html

Ø      Ministry of Health / Trinidad & Tobago

http://www.health.gov.tt/ 

Ø      Healthsector Reform Programme / Ministry of Health

www.healthsectorreform.gov.tt/

4.      SAMPLE HEALTH DATABASES / INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Ø      MedlinePlus (U.S.)  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ 

Ø      National Library For Health (U.K.) http://www.library.nhs.uk

5.      INTUTE: VIRTUAL TRAINING SUITE / SKILLS FOR HEALTHCARE STAFF (tutorial)

http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/

6.      SEARCH ENGINES: ACCESS TO MORE INTERNET RESOURCES

Ø      WHAT ARE SEARCH ENGINES?

§         Using Search Engines (tutorial):

http://www.learnwebskills.com/search/engines.html

§         The Spider’s Apprentice (tutorials, explanations, ratings and analysis)

www.monash.com/spidap.html 

Ø      THE ESSENTIALS OF USING THE GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE

§         Basic Search (tips):  www.google.com/help/basics.html

§         Advanced Search (tips):  http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html 

§         Advanced search for a region = Trinidad and Tobago (only T&T results)

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

§         Google:  Trinidad & Tobago (T&T and global results):  http://www.google.tt/

§         Google Scholar:  http://scholar.google.com/

REMEMBER…Your ability to find the information you seek on the Internet is a function of:

§        What resources you select

§        How well you understand and use search engines

§        How precise your queries are

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