Evaluating
Internet Information: Virginia Tech Librarian, Robert Sebek, has included a very simple chart that gives brief evaluation criteria that must be used when citing a quality information web site for research purposes.
Evaluating
Websites: A guide to evaluating legitimate websites on the
Internet from Lesley University Library.
Good, The Bad
and The Ugly, or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources:
A guide on how to judge a website and decide if it is legitimate
by Susan E. Beck, Head, Humanities & Social Sciences Services
Department New Mexico State University Library.
Internet
Detective: An interactive, online tutorial which provides an
introduction to the issues of information quality on the Internet
and teaches the skills required to evaluate critically the quality
of an Internet resource. FREE login required.
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators: An excellent index of categorized,
annotated sites (over 1600) for critically evaluating web resources.
Practical
Steps in Evaluating Internet Resources: A guide to evaluating
Internet resources in the categories of Authorship, Publishing
Body and how current a source is.
Searching The Internet:
Use this guide to learn how to use individual search engines and
specialized subject indexes when browsing for topics or searching
for information.
Teaching Undergrads
WEB Evaluation: Provides accurate ways for undergraduate students
to evaluate Web resources for their research.
Thinking
Critically about WWW Resources: A critical guide prepared by
Esther Grassian, Librarian at the UCLA College Library. She offers
advice for choosing appropriate sites for research purposes, including
some tips to consider when selecting Web sources such as Content,
Evaluation, Source, Date, and Structure.
Web Style Guide: A thorough
and accessible guide to Web design for developers around the world.
Full-text of a textbook on web design.
Whois: Domain-Based research service where anyone can look up avilable domain names or keyword to find out who is responsible for the content of a particular website.
WWW Virtual
Library: List of online resources relevant for evaluation,
development and administration of high quality factual/scholarly
sources on the Internet, maintained by the WWW VL Information Quality
Group.
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