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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 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.

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.

Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources - A list of Internet and print resources, with links to example sites and newsgroups.

Cal Poly State University - Information Competence Tutorials - 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 - 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 Credibility on the Web - Addresses the question of whether or not consumers are well equipped to make informed decisions about the accuracy of information in technical fields such as health or finance.

Consumer WebWatch: How Consumers and Experts Rate Credibility on the Web - 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 Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Communities: Evaluating and Producing What's Needed - 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.

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 Reading Critically - Short pdf file. Suggestions for evaluating anything you read.

Emory MedWeb: Guidelines for inclusion of sites in MedWeb - 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 - 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 Internet - Checklists, instructions, tools and links to legal and factual research.

Evaluating the Quality of Internet Information Resources - Criteria and procedures to assist students, teachers, and other users in evaluating the quality of Internet information.

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 Questions to Ask - 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 Websites - Developed for use in college courses on website design and evaluation; comprehensive information on issues and methods.

Evaluation of Information Sources - Contains pointers to criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly those on the Internet.

Exemplary Practices in Teaching Web Evaluation - 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.

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 Decide! - 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 - Evaluation of Information Sources - 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 Internet information - Detailed list of considerations.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Critical Evaluation Surveys - 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 Criteria - Describes how sites are chosen for listing in lii.org.

National Network of Libaries of Medicine - Evaluating Health Web Sites - Jana Allcock gives tips on judging the accuracy and validity of health information found using the internet.

Online Technomonitor - What is Credible Information? - 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.


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