Abstract

RAMOS SANCHEZ, Elizabeth. Criterios más utilizados para la evaluación de la calidad de los recursos de información en salud disponibles en Internet. ACIMED [online]. 2004, vol.12, n.2, pp.1-1. ISSN 1024-9435.

The quality assessment of information resources available in Internet is a great concern for users. A review was carried out, aim at identifying the most used criteria to assess quality of web retrieval documents and its sites of references with the assistance of the well known search engines: Google, Yahoo, Altavista, in Medline and DoIS databases and specialized journals. The information quality from the health sites available in Intenet is diverse, varying from excellent to very poor, due to publication freedom and also the lack of review process. In spite of the diversity of patterns and guides developed for the assessment, the Caywood, Ciolek, Smith, Tilman, and Grassian criteria, pioneers in this field, presented the highest citation indexes among the most actual researches. Although the authors are not agree with the principles and criteria to be used, the identification of common elements in their proposals is possible. Most of the sites did not fulfill the minimal quality patterns. The development of abilities for searching and quality assessment, is needed. Without a previous assessment, a site or a web retrieved document could be never considered as an information resource for a scientific research.

Keywords : INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; QUALITY EVALUATION; INFORMATION RESOURCES; HEALTH INFORMATION; INTERNET.