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Anyone can publish a page on the Internet. There are no editors checking for the accuracy or validity of information on web sites. Use this general checklist to help you determine the usefulness of each site you consider for your research. Should you need more specific criteria, use the checklists to evaluate different types of web sites including: advocacy, business/marketing, informational/reference, news and personal pages. At the end of the page you will find additional links to web evaluation sites as well as the list of country codes used in Internet domains. Do not use Internet sources only! Using different sources like books, reference works, magazine and newspaper articles, and other electronic sources is a sign of thorough research. Remember to save or print all documents you intend to use as proof that you have cited an authentic source. Please note that there is no guarantee that material from an educational site (.edu) is always reliable. Often, academic sites include students’ unsupervised personal pages as well as scholarly projects.
Evaluating Different Types of Web Resources The following checklists were developed by the librarians at Widener University. Each checklist provides a list of questions to ask yourself about different types of web sites.
Additional sites for web evaluation tips
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