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
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
The following information on the topic of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome appeared in several different search engines .
| These are some of the key studies cited on this Web page. When looking at the complete URL, the question of bias regarding the information presented should be considered. This page from the Health Research for Women section used to be located on Wine Institute. Org's Web site. Since the site belongs to an organization that is obviously interested in promoting the drinking of wine, the question of its objectivity is in doubt. |  |
| These studies are all cited with complete references which give them the appearance of authority. The question to ask is whether or not bias is affecting the way information about "pregnant women drinking wine" is being presented. |  |
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