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Evaluating Websites
A quick scannable overview with solid advice.
http://www.lib.lfc.edu/help/evalweb.html
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Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
A New Mexico State University Library site, with examples, suggestions, criteria, and bibliography.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html
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A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web
Ithica College library site, with 6 quick suggestions, 6 more criteria, and several exercises/assignments to test students’ discernment skills.
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html
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Thinking Critically about Web 2.0 and Beyond
A single page “How-To Guide” from UCLA College Library.
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/library/modules/Judge/CLThinkWeb20.pdf
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Evaluating Quality on the Net
Extended and nuanced conference paper on the issues around evaluating web content, by the director of Libraries at Babson College.
http://www.hopetillman.com/findqual.html
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How to Evaluate the Information Sources You Find
For students, a concise review of how to evaluate the authority, usefulness, and reliability of the information found through the process of library research. Including: books, periodical articles, multimedia titles, or Web pages – whether looking at a citation, a physical item in hand, or an electronic version on a computer. Links to lengthier discussions.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/evaluate.html
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Evaluating Sources of Information
Purdue University site helping students evaluate bibliographic citations, content in a source, as well as internet sources. Links to further resources.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_evalsource.html
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Evaluating Websites for Educational Uses: Bibliography and Checklist
A list of citations (most available on the web) to articles by information specialists about evaluating Web information resources. Also includes a checklist of questions to ask when evaluating a Web site as a potential educational resource (with many more checklists are available in the articles cited).
http://its.unc.edu/tl/guides/irg-49.php
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Critical Evaluation Of Resources
A concise and not too abbreviated set of guidelines from UC Berkeley to help students to asses the many types of resources they’ll encounter through research, and evaluate a source’s authority and appropriateness for their research.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Evaluation.html
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Evaluation of Information Sources
An extensive list of links to the many other sites available on evaluating information; part of the Information Quality WWW Virtual Library.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/alastair_smith/evaln/evaln.htm
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