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	4.0 How to help consumers use health information:

		4.1 Promoting the value of information 4.2 Using gateways 4.3 Using search engines 4.4 Search tips and confidence building 4.5 Judging the quality of information 4.6 Managing info in partnership with health professionals

4.3 Using search engines

Advise people to use search engines if they cannot find what they want from the gateways.

Provide links to one or two search engines from your site.

Here are some examples of search engines.

Google (http://www.google.co.uk) [Opens in new browser window].
AllTheWeb (http://www.alltheweb.com) [Opens in new browser window].
Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com) [Opens in new browser window]
Yahoo also includes a directory where human editors have organised Web sites under categories, including 'Health'.
MedHunt (http://www.hon.ch/Medhunt) [Opens in new browser window]
MedHunt is a medical search engine provided by the Health On the Net Foundation (HON), a not-for-profit International Swiss Organisation.
Mirago (http://www.mirago.co.uk) [Opens in new browser window]
Mirago is a search engine that focuses on UK sites and enables you to find information in your local area. You can restrict your search to the health sector.

If you want to find out about individual search engines and what they do go to Search Engine Watch (http://searchenginewatch.com) [Opens in new browser window].

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