USD Information Literacy Lessons: Page 32

Why is it important for you to know how to evaluate Web resources?

Overview of Online Materials: The Internet

What is the Web?

Overview of Internet Use

Overview of Online Materials: The Resources

How Selective is the Web?

Search Engines, Meta-Search Engines, and Subject-Based Search Engines

Subject Directory

Things to Remember About Search Engines, Meta-Search Engines, and Subject Directories

Problems with Websites, Example 1

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Continued

Stormfront.org

Problems with Web Sites, Example 2

Websites: Example 2

Websites: Example 2 Continued

Internet Reliability

How to Approach Web Resources

Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

Criteria for Evaluation: Author or Webmaster

Criteria for Evaluation: The Author’s Point of View

Criteria for Evaluation: The Publisher

Criteria for Evaluation: Purpose

Criteria for Evaluation: Accuracy, Completeness, and Objectivity/Bias

Criteria for Evaluation: Accuracy

Criteria for Evaluation: Relevance

Criteria for Evaluation: Coverage

Criteria for Evaluation: Currency

Criteria for Evaluation: Visual Literacy

Criteria for Evaluation: Visual Literacy Continued

Consider the Web Design

>> Rules of Thumb when using Web Resources

Web Evaluation Lesson IL Exercise

• Understand the medium and its limitations.
• Choose the best and most specific means of access (a Library subject guide or research database is faster and more reliable than a search engine).
• Be critical, skeptical, and visually literate.
• If in doubt, ask a librarian or other expert for help and guidance.

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