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Evaluating: Exercise

Assume you were looking for information on Cholesterol and took three routes:

1. You went to the CHN (http://www.canadian-health-network.ca) site and searched on "cholesterol" and went to the top site
(http://www.canadaegg.ca/english/nutrit/consumer/resources/cholclues-e.pdf)

2. You went to the HON site (http://www.hon.ch), searched for HON sites on cholesterol, and went to the top site
(http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/cholesterol/)

3. You went to Google (http://www.google.com), searched for cholesterol, and went to the top site (http://www.focusoncholesterol.com/Script/Main/hp.asp)

You are now at the site. Take a look around. What steps would you take to assure this is quality information. Take them. Are you assured?

Discuss what you learnt, what you struggled with, and what you would do in real life to assure quality.

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