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Resources
for Evaluating World Wide Web-Information
It
is a widespread belief that the Internet satisfies everybody's need for
information. While it is true that the Internet can be a wonderful
research instrument it is important to realize that not all the
information found on the net is reliable. Especially students looking
for material that can be used for academic purposes need to be critical
in their selection of internet sites. Web sites may contain factual
information, but more often than not they also offer opinions, data,
ideas, propaganda, self-promotion and/or commercialism. Remember that
anyone, regardless of their level of expertise, can put "information"
on the Internet. Therefore, it is increasingly important to have a
clear sense of how to identify internet sources than are appropriate
for academic work. The links listed on this page have been selected to
provide students with criteria and techniques to filter the wealth of
material produced by web searches.
The topics addressed on this page include the following:
Evaluation of Web Sites:
Criteria and Strategies
Essays on the Topic
Annotated Bibliographies
and Webliographies
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Evaluation:
Criteria and Strategies
- How To Evaluate Information -- Checklist by
Virtual Chase
Founded by law librarian Genie Tyburski, The
Virtual Chase has provided online research assistance to legal
professionals since the Summer of 1996. The site was created in order
to disseminate articles and teaching aids to law librarians and other
instructors of Internet research.
Further Information on the Topic
Annotated Bibliographies and
Webliographies
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