New Opportunities for Accessing Health Information in the Twin Tiers
	Workshop Outline for Consumers

	I. Introduction
	The South Central Regional Library Council, Ithaca, New York, is sponsoring this project which is focused on the use of high quality health information resources available on the Internet. Sessions are designed to provide end users with the tools necessary for finding accurate, authoritative, health-related information.
	II. Internet Basics
	Types of medical information that can be found on the Internet Issues and concerns in using medical information from the Internet
	III. Tools to Locate Information on the Internet
	Web Searching Search engines Medical Search Engines Metasearch Engines Subject directories Medical directories Search techniques		Medical Databases MedlinePlus Health Reference Center Clinical Trials NLM Gateway
	IV. Getting the Documents
	Interlibrary Loan
	Bibliography
	Workshop References & More

Funded by the National Library of Medicine through the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region.
Sponsored by South Central Regional Library Council of New York.
Created by Kay Benjamin, Last updated April 5, 2001.