Evaluating Internet Resources

There are a variety of approaches to evaluating information sources. The following web sites will provide you with tips to evaluating information found in books, journal articles, and on the web.

Overviews

Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites (Dalhousie University)
Critical Evaluation of Resources (University of California - Berkeley)
Critically Analyzing Information Sources (Cornell University Library)
Evaluation of Information Sources (Alastair Smith)
OWLS: Evaluating Information (Humboldt State University Library)

Evaluating Information In Books

Evaluating Books (Purdue University)
How to Find Books (Arizona State University)

Evaluating Information In Journal Articles

Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals (Cornell University Library)
Evaluate Web Pages (Widener University)
Evaluating Journal Articles (University of Lethbridge)
Library Instruction: Evaluating Journal Articles (Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines)
Types of Periodicals (California State University, Northridge)

Evaluating Information On the Web

Evaluating Quality on the Net (Hope N. Tillman)
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask (University of California - Berkeley)
Evaluating Web Pages (Duke University)
Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria & Tools (Cornell University Library)
ICYouSee: T is for Thinking (John R. Henderson)
Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources (Esther Grassian)

Information about citing Internet Resources is available in the Citations and Style Guides section.