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1. Internet Searching Tips / Tutorial Sites:
If you are wondering how to find what you want on the web,
if you are wondering which search engine will offer the best help in finding it,
or if you are wondering what in the world the differences really are between the search tools, check out these resources:

compassBest Searches: http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
Search Engine Showdown (Reviews): http://www.notess.com/search/reviews/
Search Engine Watch: http://www.searchenginewatch.com/
Searching the Web: http://daphne.palomar.edu/learnit/searchingtheweb.htm
The Spider’s Apprentice: http://www.monash.com/spidap.html

inspector2. Search Engines and Directories:
If you're looking for some different tools to search the web for information, resources, etc., try out some of these links:
A9: http://a9.com
About.Com: http://www.about.com
All the Web: http://www.alltheweb.com
AltaVista: http://www.altavista.com
Ask Jeeves: http://www.ask.com/
Dogpile: http://www.dogpile.com
Excite: http://www.excite.com
Gigablast: http://www.gigablast.com
Google: http://www.google.com
HotBot: http://hotbot.com
LookSmart: http://www.looksmart.com
Lycos: http://www.lycos.com
Mamma: http://www.mamma.com
Meta Crawler: http://metacrawler.com
MSN: http://search.msn.com
Teoma: http://www.teoma.com
WebCrawler: http://www.webcrawler.com
WiseNut: http://www.wisenut.com
Yahoo: http://search.yahoo.com


3. Government Information Sites (for HPE):
buildingCenter for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/
Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.hhs.gov
Government Search Website: http://www.searchgov.com
Healthfinder: http://www.healthfinder.gov/
MedLine Plus Health Information: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
National Institutes of Health: http://www.nih.gov/
National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
National Safe Kids Campaign: http://www.safekids.org/
The American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/
The National Cancer Institute's News Center: http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter
U.S. Food & Drug Administration: http://www.fda.gov/
U.S. Census Information: http://www.census.gov/

4. Health Agency Sites (for HPE):
American Medical Association: http://www.ama-assn.org
American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org
American Council for Drug Education: http://www.acde.org
American Academy of Family Physicians: http://familydoctor.org/
American School Health Association: http://www.ashaweb.org
Drug Education Council: http://www.drugeducation.org
Journal of the American Medical Association: http://jama.ama-assn.org/
The New England Journal of Medicine: http://www.nejm.org/
World Health Organization Website: http://www.who.int/home-page/

5. General Health Sites (for HPE):
Achoo - Gateway to Healthcare http://www.achoo.com/directory/hhd/default.asp
Alternative Medicine Data Base http://www.alt-healthsearch.com
Discovery Health http://www.discoveryhealth.com
Dr. Koop’s (fmr Surgeon General) Website http://www.drkoop.com
General Health Information http://www.healthatoz.com
General Health Alternative Medicine http://www.healthwwweb.com
General Health Information Website http://www.healthweb.org
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care http://www.harvardpilgrim.org
Health and Phys. Ed. Assoc. Website http://www.aahperd.org
Health Care Virtual Library http://www.amerinetcentral.org/library
HealthTouch Database http://www.healthtouch.com
Injury Prevention Information http://www.injurypreventionweb.org
Kids Health http://www.kidshealth.org
Mayo Clinic Database Website http://www.mayohealth.org
Medical Database http://www.medscape.com
MedicineNet http://www.medicinenet.com
Reuter's Health Homepage http://www.reutershealth.com
Talking w/ Teens About Tough Issues http://www.talkingwithkids.org
The WebMD Homepage http://my.webmd.com
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/
Updated Nat’l. Health News Info http://www.healthnews.com

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