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10 C's For Evaluating Internet Sources
Criteria to consider when evaluating Internet resources.
An Educators' Guide to Credibility and Web Ev
Paper/course written in 1999 with a 2002 update. Covers why evaluate, methods of evaluation, and why and how to teach it in the schools.
Better Read That Again: Web Hoaxes and Misinformat
Categorizes problematic sites and gives many examples of each type. Ends with a section which points to sites which give people accurate information as well as warnings about hoaxes and half-true stories.
Cal Poly State University - Information Competence
Nine tutorials provide guidance and practical exercises on information competence.
Caught in the Web
A journalist's guide to web searches. Covers when to use the library, obstacles to finding what you need on the web (including unreliable information), tips for searching, and links to content-rich sites.
Checklist for the Evaluation of Information
Printable form with hyperlinks to explanations of the criteria used, namely authority, content and scope, design and functionality.
Choice Framework
Developed to evaluate the quality of health-related websites aimed primarily at online health consumers. Evaluation criteria fall under the headings of Credibility, Content, Disclosure, Links, Design, Interactivity, Caveats and Differentiation.
Consumer Reports: e-Ratings - What We Look For
http://www.consumerreports.org/main/detailv2.jsp?WebLogicSession=P9VN6U9v2ZeILeW6GjX2zjTIBlAwQRt3o1T
Expectations for site credibility, usability, and content.
Consumer WebWatch
Consumers WebWatch, a project of Consumers Union, publishes research and journalism on credibility issues that matter to consumers, and recommends Web-wide guidelines to address widespread problems of credibility and trust.
Consumer WebWatch: How Consumers and Experts Rate
More than 2,600 average people were asked to rate the credibility of Web sites in 10 content areas.
Contentbank.org - The Search for High-Quality Onli
Research and recommendations to encourage the creation of low-barrier content and the careful evaluation of existing content to ensure that low-income and underserved individuals find a wide array of the online resources they want most. An Issue Brief and Action Plan by The Children's Partnership.
Cornell University Library - Evaluating Research M
Guidance on critical analysis of information sources, distinguishing scholarly and nonscholarly periodicals, and evaluating web sites.
Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites
Checklist of content and technical aspects to consider.
Critically Analyzing Information Sources
Principles applicable to physical information sources as well as web-based ones.
Don't Believe Everything You Read: Ideas for
Short pdf file. Suggestions for evaluating anything you read.
Emory MedWeb: Guidelines for inclusion of sites in
Five criteria used by Medweb to build their directory.
Evaluate your Sources
Checklist for judging reliability of information. Links to other sites about the topic.
Evaluating Credibility of Information on the Inter
An essay that considers peer review, author's credentials, writing style, and plausibility of information.
Evaluating Electronic Resources
Suggested criteria for evaluating Web resources for e-libraries.
Evaluating Information on the Web
Online tutorial covering authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and coverage.
Evaluating Internet Research Sources
Guidelines for evaluating Internet sources, including a checklist to help assure credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and supported claims.
Evaluating Internet Resources
Bullet point notes of strategies and factors to consider when evaluating resources.
Evaluating Quality
Questions to ask and tips for looking for authoritative information on the internet.
Evaluating Quality on the Net
Criteria and indicators for evaluating information found on sites, their quality, and reliability.
Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Inter
Checklists, instructions, tools and links to legal and factual research.
Evaluating the Quality of Web Sites
Short page covering some basic points: Who is responsible? Is the URL appropriate? Who do they link to? Who links to them? Use common sense.
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Ques
Includes checklist form (PDF) that can be used to analyze web sites and pages.
Evaluating Web Resources
Modules for evaluating all manner of sites. Includes questions and criteria lists, plus links to example pages for discussion.
Evaluating Web Resources
Concepts and questions to consider when looking at websites as a source of information.
Evaluating Web Sites
A brief introduction to the World Wide Web as a source of information, and evaluating sites for educational content.
Evaluating Web Sites
Seeks to provide the necessary guidelines to use to determine the quality and accuracy of the information found on the World Wide Web. A document from the University of Maryland libraries.
Evaluating Web Sites for Educational Uses
This site contains a list of articles from librarians and other information specialists on Web evaluations. In addition, a checklist for evaluating a Web site of as a potential education resource is included.
Evaluating World Wide Web Sites
Instructions for completing a form assessing authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and coverage.
Evaluation of Information Sources
Contains pointers to criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly those on the Internet.
Five Criteria For Evaluating Web Pages
Discusses accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency and coverage.
Getting It Right: Verifying Sources on the Net
LLRX.com article providing strategies and tools to assist in evaluating Website content.
HealthWeb Selection Methodology & Guidelines
An outline designed to provide HealthWeb participants uniform guidelines for selecting resources to be added to that directory.
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You De
Learn how to evaluate information sources by doing the following exercise.
How To Evaluate A Web Site
Checklists and sample sites, from LLRX.com.
Information Quality
Sections on gaining full access to materials which may be censored, understanding how to search, and evaluating what is found using the internet.
Information Quality WWW Virtual Library - Evaluati
Large annotated and hyperlinked list of pointers to criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly those on the Internet. Maintained by Alastair Smith.
Internet Detective
An interactive tutorial on evaluating the quality of internet resources.
ISI Web Site Selection Criteria
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.
Johns Hopkins University Library - Evaluating Inte
Detailed list of considerations.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Critica
A series of website evaluation surveys, one each at the elementary, middle, and secondary school levels, plus many links of website evaluation.
Librarians' Index to the Internet - Selection
Describes how sites are chosen for listing in lii.org.
Misinformation Through the Internet
2001 academic conference proceedings; includes summaries (abstracts) of the accepted papers.
National Network of Libaries of Medicine - Evaluat
Jana Allcock gives tips on judging the accuracy and validity of health information found using the internet.
Online Technomonitor - What is Credible Informatio
Article by Donald T. Hawkins, September 1999. Compares "traditional" vs. web publishing and notes how the lack of a review process for web materials can lead to problems for the unwary. Has a site evaluation checklist and an additional reading list.
Producing Quality Web Page Content
Article explains how to give a web page content the mark of quality. Conversely, it helps point out what to look for in a quality site.
Publishers Wanted, No Experience Necessary: Inform
Research librarian elaborates on five characteristics of superior web sites: timeliness, expediency, accuracy, objectivity, and authenticity
Research Edge: Citing and Evaluating the Internet
Tutorial from the University of Wollongong Library.
Resource Evaluation for BIOME
Detailed criteria used for selecting resources for this UK guide to biomedical information.
Resource Selection and Information Evaluation
Three questions to answer while evaluating information and resources.
Searchpath. WNEC Library Tutorial
Tutorial to help learn how to find and critically evaluate information resources. Sponsored by Western Michigan University Libraries.
Six Quests for The Electronic Grail: Current Appro
T. Matthew Ciolek reviews programming, procedural, structuring, bibliographical, evaluative and finally, organisational approaches to the quality of online information.
T is for Thinking
Web site evaluation guide with resources and links.
Teaching Zack to Think
Article written by Alan November for the September 1998 High School Principal Magazine.
Testing the Surf: Criteria for Evaluating Internet
Refereed article written by Alastair Smith which surveys criteria published on the Web and in the print literature and proposes a set of criteria (a toolbox) that can be used by librarians and users to evaluate Internet information sources.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, or Why It's a
Contains evaluation criteria with examples that can be used by educators. Gives suggestions for successful Internet assignments.
The Good, The Bad And The Useless: Evaluating Inte
Judith Edwards discusses three main aspects in the evaluation of Web resources; access, quality, and ease of use.
The Internet Guide to Construction of Quality Onli
By Dr. T.Matthew Ciolek. Online resources relevant for evaluation, development and administration of high quality factual/scholarly networked information systems.
The Quality Information Checklist
Eight ways of checking information on web sites.
The Web Credibility Project
Part of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, their goal is to understand what leads people to believe what they find on the Web. With information, papers, and related links.
Tips for Evaluating Websites (Ohio ESL)
A few search techniques, using engines like Google, that you can use to check the authority of a website.
UBC Library - Criteria for Evaluating Internet Res
Checklist with "So What?" buttons to clarify why you'd want to have an answer to the various questions.
UCLA College Library: Thinking Critically about WW
Teaches the user how to think critically about World Wide Web resources.
University of Alberta Libraries - Critical Evaluat
Bulleted list of questions to review while checking out a website.
Using a Web Site With Your Classes
Looks at what teachers need consider before sharing a web site with students in their classrooms.
Viewing Results and Evaluating Quality
Questions and criteria to cover. Part of a larger tutorial on effective web searching for college students, written by a research librarian.
Web Awareness Canada
Introduction to a program which provides resources about Internet Literacy for teachers, parents and librarians.
Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet
[Book review.] Web of Deception offers an exposé of the types of chicanery, fraud and misinformation that's all over the Internet and suggests what to do if you get stung by it.
Web Page Evaluation
Provides a checklist and links to related materials.
Web Page Evaluation Checklist
PDF document intended to be printed to use as a quick tool for page evaluation.
Web Page Evaluation Worksheet
Checklist used to grade web sites.
Web Searching, Web Page Evaluation, and Research S
A guide to Web research and evaluation strategies, written for first year rhetoric and composition students.
Web-Based Information in the Context of Higher Edu
Scholarly paper argues that higher education students are naïve about the problem of misinformation, believe they can identify it, and do not make extra effort to check the sources of their information. Discusses sources and causes of misinformation and how it can be combatted.
Webpage Evaluation for Librarians
Checklist and examples of what to look for, how to think, related links, and examples of deliberately misleading webpages.
Webserch - Evaluate Web Resources
Guide to assessing the source, the content, and the format of websites, the primary considerations being accuracy, authority, coverage, currency and objectivity. Checklists in HTML and pdf format available.
WWW Cyberguides
Created by a library media specialist, contains guides for rating the curriculum content and graphic design of web sites.
Yahooligans! - Evaluating Web Sites
Guide to evaluating sites by the "Four A's" - Accessible, Accurate, Appropriate, and Appealing.