Cancer Gateway of Texas Link Selection Criteria

The link selection criteria for the Cancer Gateway of Texas includes:

• Cancer Related
  
  
• Educational/Informational - Purpose is primarily educational and/or informational. (Site is not overtly commercial. However, site may charge shipping and handling costs to cover mailing or production of materials.)
  
  
• Responsibility - institution, organization, author, or sponsor is clearly identified.
  
  
• Content - Content should have sources of information and credentials of authors indicated. Caveats and disclaimers are included and easily found. Dates that content was posted and updated should be indicated and easily found. Site is user-friendly and provides information that is relevant to the audience.
  
  
• Credibility of Information - for example, reputation of hosting entity, accuracy of information, and/or scientific basis - expert opinion vs. systematic controlled studies, etc. as appropriate to subject matter.
  
  
• Accessible - The site is consistently available and maintained. The site is accessible to the commonly used browsers, i.e., AOL, Internet Explorer, Netscape.
  
  
• Feedback - feedback mechanism is easily available to users whether by phone, fax or e-mail.