Evaluating Web Sites
How do I know what's good on the Web?

Below are some web sites on evaluating web pages:
Evaluating Web Resources by Jan Alexander and Marsha Ann Tate from Wolfgram Memorial Library. Also includes Evaluate Web Pages Tutorial & Exercise.

Evaluating Web Sites from Lesley University with examples

Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide tutorial and activities on evaluating sources from UCLA.

Evaluating Web Sites - Overview - Key Ideas

The Good, The Bad , & The Ugly by Susan E. Beck Head, Humanities & Social Sciences Services Department New Mexico State University Library

Evaluating Information found on the Internet - from Johns Hopkins University

Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites from Information for Today which was created in collaboration with Merit Network's Teach for Tomorrow and Eastern Michigan University through a grant with Michigan Virtual University.

Researching - Evaluating Information Workshops in researching skills from Charles Darwin University in Australia.

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Web Hoaxes:

Below are some hoaxes that show why you have to evaluate every website. You must read a web site to verify its creditability. You have to look in the "About us" or "Contact Us" to find out who has authored a site and verify its authenticity. These examples could just be entertaining, harmless fun or deceptive misinformation that is wrong or even hateful. They could easily fool the unaware reader.

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 Urban Legends Reference Pages - Attempts to give accurate information about rumors and urban legends on a variety of topics, including war, business, events, toxins, science, military, ... http://www.snopes.com/

Urban Legends and Folklore - The starting place for exploring Urban Legends and Folklore on the Web:
Internet hoaxes, rumors, urban legends and urban myths debunked. http://urbanlegends.about.com/

Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus! or Web Site Evaluation for Everyone Workshop on Evaluating Web Sources