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Wikipedia
Wikipedia describes itself as "the free encyclopedia anyone can edit." Read Wikipedia's ever-growing list of disclaimers--"Wikipedia Makes No Guarantee of Vaildity." It's not a good idea to rely on the information you find here--you can use it to start your research, but never quote from it in a research paper.
Evaluating Websites
Factors to look for in evaluating websites include
- Authority
- Objectivity
- Timeliness
- Currency
- Coverage
- Appearance
- Babson College Tip Sheet Hope N. Tillman shares some tips to evaluate quality on the Net.
- Bibliography on Evaluating Web Information This bibliography, originally created by Nicole Auer for a discussion, has grown with the increasing number of documents addressing the problems and issues related to using critical thinking skills to evaluate Internet Resources.
- Evaluate Web Pages Widener University tip sheet.
- Internet Detective Use this free Internet tutorial to learn to discern the good, the bad and the ugly for your online research.
- Johns Hopkins University Tip Sheet Evaluating information found on the internet.
- UC Berkeley Techniques for Evaluating Web Pages University of California Berkeley library presents techniques to use and questions to ask when evaluating web pages.
Invisible Web Resources
- Google and Yahoo are estimated to cover only 3% to 34% of documents available on the Internet
- Much Internet exists as the "Invisible Web", hidden from search engines for a number of reasons:
- Site requires registration
- Site is fee-based or licensed
- Site is behind a firewall or on an intranet
- Site is dynamically generated
- Check for content on invisible web
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