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Section 2:
Strategies for Locating Reliable HIV/AIDS Information on the Web

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Alternatives to Using Search Engines
Thinking in Terms of Category
Value-Added Web Collections
Library Collections
Local, State, or Federal Government Agency Collections
Finding Government Agency Web Sites: .gov
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Finding Organization Web Sites: .org
Featured HIV/AIDS Web Resources
AEGIS -- AIDS Education Global Information System
AIDS Action
The Body
HIV InfoWeb
HIV InSite
MEDLINEplus
Project Inform
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HIV/AIDS Web Sites and Resources List
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SECTION 2: STRATEGIES FOR LOCATING RELIABLE HIV/AIDS INFORMATION ON THE WEB

HIV InfoWeb


The next featured HIV/AIDS Web resource is HIV InfoWeb. HIV InfoWeb is maintained by AEGIS, and includes an online "library" of HIV/AIDS information, resources, and links.

Click here if you want to open a new browser window to HIV InfoWeb. You can also do a "Bookmark" in Netscape® or add it to your "Favorites" in Internet Explorer® if you want to go back to it later: http://www.infoweb.org/search/index.html.
You can open a second Web browse screen and follow along "live" or use the screen captures below).

1. One feature that distinguishes HIV InfoWeb from other sites is that its home page is uncluttered, simple, and straightforward.

The screen capture below shows the basic menu options that are available. Once again, notice that the information is organized in CATEGORIES.


As you click on each of the Search Menu options, additional options appear:

2. You can join a listserver, or 3. use the "Ask the Experts" option. The identity of these experts is made clear as well so that users know who they are dealing with.


   
 
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