Guidance on critical analysis of information sources, distinguishing scholarly and nonscholarly periodicals, and evaluating web sites.
Questions and criteria to cover. Part of a larger tutorial on effective web searching for college students, written by a research librarian.
Modules for evaluating all manner of sites. Includes questions and criteria lists, plus links to example pages for discussion.
Tutorial from the University of Wollongong Library.
Presentation given in 1998. Covers why evaluation of web resources is necessary, and gives criteria for scrutinizing web materials. Provides links to many related and supporting sites.
Expectations for site credibility, usability, and content.
Detailed list of considerations.
Results of a national survery of internet users covering internet user behaviors and opinions related to various categories of websites. [Followup to a 2002 survey covering similar questions]
Thomson ISI sells a product called "Current Web Contents" which includes, in part, a premium collection of evaluated scholarly Web sites. This is how sites are selected for inclusion, and how they're evaluated.
A free online tutorial designed to help students develop the critical thinking required for their Internet research, produced by the University of Bristol and Manchester Metropolitan University.
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