Dear ALL,
You can limit google health to UK sites by using google's site searching
facility - adding the term site:uk after your search term
eg diabetes site:uk
LIMITED SITE SEARCHES WITH GOOGLE
Limit google results to NHS sites only by using the ordinary version of
google. Type site:nhs.uk after your search term. This is better than the
google powered search on the nhs site as you can see the cached pages if the
page isn't available
LIMITING GOOGLE TO 'OFFICIAL' UK INFO
Use these terms together with your term site:nhs.uk OR site:ac.uk OR
site:gov.uk
To semi automate this:
Add 3 spaces before the first site.., run the search ( & ignore the content!)
and then save the results page as a favorite.
When you click on the favorite again you'll get the results page. Just add
your term to the gap at the start of the search string and run it again
SEARCHING FOR PATIENT INFO
This search string restricts google to 7 good patient info sites
site:besttreatments.co.uk OR site:patient.co.uk OR site:gpnotebook.co.uk
OR site:www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk OR site:prodigy.nhs.uk OR site:omni.ac.uk OR
site:labtestsonline.org.uk
Again leave 3 spaces to start with and save results as a favorite - on links
bar if you want it really handy.
A CHALLENGE?
These searches are effective filters that allow you to select from individual
sites of your choice without having to open each one and search them in
sequence.
Does anyone else want to come up with similar search strings for different
specialities?
eg. Who knows the 7 or so good websites they would recommend for OTs, for
physios, for radiographers etc
I'm a library trainer and would find any such suggestions very useful, I train
a wide variety of staff.
Thanks in anticipation
David J S Newman
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contributions by>===== Original Message From "Dobson, Malcolm"
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>As one would expect there is a heavy USA bias (scroll down to the
>'significant contributors' to the Health section), without the option to
>search UK only sites. We would clearly need to issue a 'health warning'
>about the site, especially if we are involved in providing information to
>the public - obviously guidelines, protocols, drug/therapy availability &
>controls etc etc would not neccessarily apply here (there are even
>differences between the different parts of the UK!).
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jon Brassey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 11 May 2006 11:29
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Google Health
>
>
>It was actually launched yesterday. Not as a specific 'google health' but
>as part of a bigger vertical search 'effort' called google co-op
>(http://www.google.com/coop/).
>
>Best wishes
>
>jon
>
>Jon Brassey
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Best wishes
David
D.J.S.Newman B.sc(Hons),PhD, PGCE,
Library Information Skills Trainer
Exeter Medical Library
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford),
Barrack Road
Exeter
EX2 5DW
Tel 01392 406727
Mobile 0775 2698590
Exeter Medical Library Website: www.ex.ac.uk/eml
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