Institution: Pennsylvania & Ohio Public Health Training Center; University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System

Course Description: Covers finding and using public health information resources on the Internet. Topics include picking a starting point, creating a search strategy, modifying it based on search results, and identifying resources not indexed by search engines.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

•  Explain the differences between single search engines, meta search engines and directories;
•  Use basic and advanced search features of major search engines; and,
•  Identify and use the major public health portals on the Internet.

Prerequisites: None.

Target Audience: Administrators, community leaders, communications specialists, data and information professionals, educators, health educators, health officials, media, planners, policy makers, public health professionals, researchers, social workers, students, trainers, elected officials, administrative staff

Resource Format: Online course

Time Requirement: 1 hour

More Information: More information is available at http://www.pophtc.pitt.edu/training.htm or by contacting Molly Eggleston at egglestonm@edc.pitt.edu or (412) 383-2400.