The Research Process: A Step-By-Step Guide

Use the links in the table below to navigate the Step-By-Step Guide.

Evaluating Web Sites

The uneven quality of information on the Internet necessitates that you apply critical thinking skills to your Internet research.

The following sites offer good advice for evaluating the quality of information you find on the Internet.

• 5 Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages, by Jim Kapoun, Southwest State University
• Evaluation Internet Resources, Lesson 6 from Introduction to Internet Research by the Internet Revision Committee
• Evaluating Web Resources by Jan Alexander and Marsha Tate of Widener University
• Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources by Esther Grassian, UCLA College Library
• Why We Need to Evaluate What We Find on the Internet from Purdue University

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