Guides to Evaluating Websites or Information
How do you know if a website is trustworthy? This page provides links to resources and tutorials focused on Evaluating Websites.
- Criteria for evaluating web sites(Rumsey, How to find information: A guide for researchers.)
- Media LiteracyKU Libraries guide with tips about spotting fake news, links to fact-checking technology, and information about media bias,
Can you believe everything on the Internet?
Websites - How do you know if it is reliable?
The ABC's of evaluating a website
- Authority - who is behind the website?
- Bias - is the information biased?
- Currency - when was the site updated?
- Documentation - are the sources cited?
Evaluating Websites: The C.R.A.P. test
Fact Checking
Crash Course - Navigating Digital Information #3
Look to your left. Look to your right. Look at this video. Today, John Green is going to teach you how to read laterally, using multiple tabs in your browser to look stuff up and fact check as you read. Real-time fact-checking can help you figure out what's real and what's not on the internet. (2019)
Evaluating a website's purpose
How to Evaluate a Website
Evaluating Websites (Oklahoma City Comm. College)
(Click on the black/red arrow, then the YouTube logo for full-screen viewing.)
Domain names
Domain names provide a clue as to the reliability of the information available at a website, however, it is not a guarantee of quality and accuracy.
- Educational Websites--Websites ending in .edu belong to schools and universities.
- Government Websites--Websites ending in .gov belong to the U.S. government (Federal, State and Local). Information found on these sites are generally considered reliable. Click here for a complete list of U.S. government websites.
- Corporate and Organization Websites--Websites ending in .com or .org belong to businesses or interest communities. They are created to influence the viewer, to sell products or ideas.
WHO IS??? Find out who is really behind a website . . .
- Free WHOIS lookupSearch domain name registration records
- Domain WHOIS Lookup ToolDiscover everything about a domain name.
Enter the URL of a website and learn the name of the owner and what organization is behind the site. You might be surprised!
Evaluating Websites
- Evaluating Websites - Tutorial(University of Kansas Libraries)
Test your skills at evaluating websites
- ICYouSee: T is for Thinking. A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the World Wide WebThis guide, originally created for use by students at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, has been designed to explore questions relating to using the World Wide Web as a research tool and to challenge you to use the Web wisely and efficiently.
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