Evaluating Internet Sites
Accuracy (Truthfulness)
Authority (Expertise)
Objectivity (Fairness, with all sides being presented equally)
Currency (Being up-to-date)
Coverage (Important and necessary for your topic)
Things to Check for:
Adapted from: Beck, S. (1997). The good, the bad & the ugly: Or, why it’s a good idea to evaluate web source. https://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction_backup/eval.html; Harris, R.(2007). Evaluating internet research sources. VirtualSalt. http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm; Kresge Engineering Library. (2011). How to evaluate electronic resources. University of California-Berkeley. https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/evaluating-resources
Evaluating Internet Sites Handout
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