Why is it important for you to know how to evaluate Web resources?
Overview of Online Materials: The Internet
Overview of Online Materials: The Resources
Search Engines, Meta-Search Engines, and Subject-Based Search Engines
Things to Remember About Search Engines, Meta-Search Engines, and Subject Directories
Problems with Websites, Example 1
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Problems with Web Sites, Example 2
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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
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The second web site offers inaccurate and potentially dangerous information on anorexia nervosa. The presentation of eating disorders as lifestyle choices that should be tolerated in a free society is bad enough for those who are simply engaged in academic research on the topic. But imagine the damage that could be done if a young person with an eating disorder comes across a web site that validates her/his potentially dangerous eating habits and offers support and praise for what is essentially self-destructive behavior.
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