We used to learn new things from books.
Now we can also use the Internet to learn new things.

What is the Internet? What is the World Wide Web?
Millions of computers connected together around the world make up the Internet. These computers share information.
The World Wide Web is part of the Internet. Web sites are the places you visit on the World Wide Web to find out about many things.

The World Wide Web is huge – and it grows every day.
Every day there is more information on the Web.
Every person who uses the Internet can find all of this information.

There is a Web site for almost everything.
Some Web sites can help your children get information for school.
Some can help you find a job.
The Web sites we will visit today can help you improve your health.

Spread the word about cancer--help yourself and others stay healthy.

Do you want to know more about the Internet? Click on a Web site below:

1. Learn the Net.com
2. How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet: Questions and Answers (Fact Sheet, National Cancer Institute)
3. Evaluating Health Information (NOAH)
4. Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine ((MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine)

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