To select the best resources, ask yourself:
Who:
*Who is the author and is he/she an expert?
*How can you find more information about the author?
What:
*What is the purpose of the site or the book?
*What makes the source easy to use?
*Is it biased?
When:
*When was the site created? What is the copyright date?
Where:
*Where does the information come from?
Why:
*Why should I use this information?
*Why is this source better than another?
(Kathy Schrock,1999)
Sites Discussing Evaluation:
Grassian, E. Thinking Critically About World Wide Web Resources
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/
Libraries of Purdue University. Anyone Can (And Probably Will) Put Anything Up On The Internet
http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/~techman/eval.html
Kathy Schrock's Guide For Educators: Critical Evaluations Surveys
http://www.discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/eval.html
Comprehensive Analysis For Teachers:
Evaluating Internet Research Sources.
http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm
How To Critically Analyze Information Sources
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html
Web Evaluation Guide Cybertour
http://www.infosearcher.com/cybertours/index.html
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