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The Internet is a rapidly expanding source of information that has gained a
valued place in the knowledge armamentarium of the orthopaedic surgeon. Access
to current knowledge, published literature, and a vast array of academic,
federal, and commercial information has changed the information landscape for
both orthopaedic surgeons and their patients.This article presents highlights of readily available information for
orthopaedic surgeons to use for continuing medical education, literature
updates, patient education materials, and presentations. We present multiple
techniques for accessing and organizing orthopaedic information as well as for
identifying and utilizing specific, high-quality, frequently updated Internet
sources of information.