INFO 106
Evaluating Websites Exercise
Because just about anyone can post about anything on the
World Wide Web and spread it around the world instantaneously, researchers must
take a critical look at the information found there.
Here is a site produced by the University of California, Berkeley
Library to inform their students:
Also read
Badke, pp. 145 – 148 “Evaluating Information on the Internet”
Choose 5 of your best or favorite websites and answer these
questions for each:
1.
Who owns the
website?
2.
What kind of organization or person owns the
website?
3.
Why are they sharing information with you?
4.
Who is the author of the info?
5.
How old is the information?
6.
What gives you confidence in the information?
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