An Educators' Guide to Credibility and Web Evaluation
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.
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Better Read That Again: Web Hoaxes and Misinformation
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.
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Cal Poly State University - Information Competence Tutorials
Nine tutorials provide guidance and practical exercises on information competence.
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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.
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Contentbank.org - The Search for High-Quality Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Communit
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.
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Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites
Checklist of content and technical aspects to consider.
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Critically Analyzing Information Sources
Principles applicable to physical information sources as well as web-based ones.
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Don't Believe Everything You Read: Ideas for Reading Critically
Short pdf file. Suggestions for evaluating anything you read.
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Evaluating Credibility of Information on the Internet
An essay that considers peer review, author's credentials, writing style, and plausibility of information.
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Evaluating Information on the Web
Online tutorial covering authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and coverage.
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Evaluating Internet Research Sources
Guidelines for evaluating Internet sources, including a checklist to help assure credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and supported claims.
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Evaluating Public Websites
A brief instruction how to use the linked, one page PDF form to evaluate sites. The form results generates an overall numeric rating with an indication of acceptable or unacceptable for use. The focus of the form is on information quality, not appearance or web design.
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Evaluating Quality
Questions to ask and tips for looking for authoritative information on the internet.
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Evaluating Quality on the Net
Criteria and indicators for evaluating information found on sites, their quality, and reliability.
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Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet
Checklists, instructions, tools and links to legal and factual research.
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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.
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Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask
Includes checklist form (PDF) that can be used to analyze web sites and pages.
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Evaluating Web Resources
Concepts and questions to consider when looking at websites as a source of information.
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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.
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Evaluating Web Sites
A brief introduction to the World Wide Web as a source of information, and evaluating sites for educational content.
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