Evaluating Web Sites
Introduction: Evaluating information found on the World Wide Web
Ernest Ackermann and Karen Hartman. Searching and Researching on the Internet and the World Wide Web, 2nd ed. 2000.
Virtual Libraries Where Sites Have Been Evaluated
Internet Public Library
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Guidelines for evaluation
Who is the author or institution?
How current is the information?
Who is the audience?
Is the content accurate and objective?
What is the purpose of the information?

Guides to Evaluating resources on the Web
 How to critically analyze information sources (Cornell)

 Evaluating the documents you have found on the World Wide Web (Curtin)

 Practical steps in evaluating Internet resources (Johns Hopkins)

 Significance (Iowa State)

 Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educator's--critical evaluation information

Bibliographies
 Bibliography on evaluating Internet resources

 Evaluating Information On The Internet

 Information quality WWW virtual Library

K. Keating / B.Rosen (for the NM State Library April 2000) Updated 032604
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