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Vicki Killion vkillion@purdue.edu

Welcome to the Health and Drug Information Workshop!

Outline:

 This series of workshops is a collaboration between the Purdue University Libraries  and the Tippecanoe County Public and West Lafayette Public Libraries.  It is underwritten by the Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union.                                      

Goals and objectives:  Provide opportunity for workshop participants to develop and/or improve skills in locating appropriate health-related information using the Internet.

Participants will be able to:

  • Construct more relevant searches
  • Evaluate websites for validity and accuracy
  • Identify appropriate web sites

"First the word, then the plant, lastly the knife."  Aesculapius of Thassaly

"Information, while often invaluable, is not of itself a treatment for a serious illness."  Michael J. Sarg, MD

Workshop evaluation