©1997
- This page was developed in electronic form and made available on-line
by: Genevieve Monahan, PhD, RN,CS
FIT: Faculty Integrating Technology - a program sponsored by CSULB New Media Center and the University Library.
"Accessing and Evaluating Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Resources
on the Internet:
A Primer for Faculty and Students" Monahan & Colthurst
SUMMARY
We wish you the best of luck integrating Web-based ATOD information into your classroom teaching and plans for distance education. It takes a lot of time and effort but we believe the rewards are well worth it. We would like to emphasize the need to evaluate quality of the information you are accessing and using on the Web and hope you will find the IQ Tool or other information quality rating tool helpful in that effort.
In closing, we leave you with a selection from our forthcoming article "Internet-based Information on Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs: Issues of Ethics, Quality, and Accountability" to appear in the next issue of Substance Use/Misuse: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal.
The potential benefit of the Web for clients and
families and other "consumers" of information about ATOD will be determined
by their willingness and ability to competently evaluate the quality of
information they are receiving. We propose that all "consumers" of
Internet-based materials should use critical thinking skills to evaluate
the information, choosing to rely on information that meets high standards
of information quality. This critical evaluation and due diligence
should be based on criteria such as those of the IQ Tool and other information
quality-rating frameworks. Prospective authors of information on
the Web should recognize their responsibility to assure that the best possible
information is going out, taking into consideration a set of criteria for
quality such as in the IQ Tool.
ANSWERS TO SCAVENGER HUNT:
(1) TIP 35 found at http://www.samhsa.gov/centers/csat/csat/html
(2) NIDA pamphlets available
at http://www.nida.nih.gov
(3) NIDA information
at http:///www.nida.nih.gov/bupupdate.html
(4) Available at http://www.cesar.umd.edu/www2root/trt/docs/GTRPT6-1.htm
(5) Available at the
National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
Last updated: January 8, 2001
©1997
- This page was developed in electronic form and made available on-line
by: Genevieve Monahan, PhD, RN,CS
FIT: Faculty Integrating Technology - a program sponsored
by CSULB New Media Center and the University Library.