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Critical Thinking

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Critical Thinking Links

Foundation for Critical Thinking/National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking - Fosters intellectual standards in critical thinking research, scholarship, and instruction. The site provides a Library of articles on critical thinking in various applications, including College and University, Primary and Secondary, and Business and Professional.

Critical Thinking in an Online World Article - Written by an “Internet Librarian” and sponsored by University of California, Santa Barbara Library. Though published in 1996, the article still relevant for librarians and others interested in critical thinking.

Critical Thinking on the Web - A directory of quality online resources on critical thinking from the University of Melbourne. Includes a page on critical thinking related to nursing.

Mission: Critical - An interactive tutorial on critical thinking from San Jose University.

NewIQ - Provides tools for “parallel thinking”

Thinking Critically About World Wide Web - Resources From UCLA college library.

The Media Literacy Clearinghouse - This site provides information geared towards K-12 educators and how to incorporate media literacy into curriculums.

Evaluating Health Web Sites

Criteria for Assessing the Quality of Health Information on the Internet - From the Health Summit Working Group of Mitretek Systems.

Medical Library Association “For Health Consumers” - Resources for health consumers, including Deciphering Medspeak and Top Ten Useful Web sites (includes information on evaluating Web sites)

Recommended Health Web Sites

MEDLINEplus - National Library of Medicine’s consumer health site.

Web Sites you Can Trust - From the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association.

Discussion Lists

Skepticism in Nursing Discussion list on Yahoo - "This list discusses the issue of skepticism in professional nursing. Special areas of interest include quackery, ethics of unproven therapies, the importance of critical thinking in nursing, and the development of evidence-based nursing. Members examine current issues in nursing from a critical, skeptical perspective."

Think-L - Discussion list focusing on critical thinking and related topics.

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