Updated:22 September 2006

• Cancer Website Evaluation Guidelines for Patients   
• Criteria for Assessing the Quality of Health Information on the Internet   
• DISCERN: Quality Criteria for Consumer Health Information          
• Evaluating Alternative/Complementary Information (from BCCA website)
• Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine (US) (This is a 16 minute long tutorial. You need a Flash plug-in, version 6 or above, to view it. If you do not have Flash, you will be prompted to obtain a free download of the software before you start.)
Evaluating Internet Research Sources
• Finding Answers to Your Health Questions (HealthNet) 
• Health On the Net (HON): HONcode: Principles   
• How to find the most trustworthy health information Web sites(Canadian Health Network)     
• Is this health information good for me?
• User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web (MLANet)

NOTE: While the BC Cancer Agency Library has selected and evaluated these "Recommended Links", we cannot guarantee the function, accuracy or currency of the websites and the information contained within them. Please read the BC Cancer Agency's Terms of Use for further information.