Library Media Center

How many a man can date a new era in his life from the reading of a book  --Thoreau
 

Information Literacy

   Defining your Information Need  |  Finding Information   |   Evaluating Information   |   Using Information 

Evaluating Information*

Evaluating web sources or HOW DO I KNOW I HAVE RELIABLE INFO . . .

All web pages are not alike! Just as in other printed sources, you must learn to distinguish the good from the bad! Some things to look for:

  • some information is more authoritative and reliable than others;
  • some information is biased;
  • some information is inaccurate;
  • some information may be out of date;
  • some information may not present thorough coverage of the subject.

Check out the following site for good definitions of what to look for on web pages and examples of various concepts. These are linked courtesy of Widener University Wolfgram Memorial Library in Chester, Pennsylvania.

http://www.widener.edu/Tools_Resources/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/Original_Web_Evaluation_Materials/6160/
 

From UCBerkeley Library:
 http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

 

*Disclaimer:  All linked sites are not under the control of WCS, and the district is not responsible for the contents of any of these linked sites or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites.  These links are offered to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement of the site by our district.
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