Additional Resources
- Evaluating Quality
on the Net, by Hope N. Tillman, Director of Libraries, Babson College.
This page has been updated many times since, but it began its life in
1995.
- From UC Berkeley are a couple good pages, Evaluating
Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask and a page
that tackles the broader issue of Critical
Evaluation of Resources.
- The Nizor Project includes a Fallacy
Tutorial that was created by Michael C. Labossiere.
- John L. Cotton and Randall J. Scalise, professors of physics at SMU
have put together The
Baloney Detection Collection, compiled from lists and ideas first
presented by Carl
Sagan, Michael Shermer, and Robert
L.Park.
- The Good, the
Bad, and the Ugly, which is subtitled, "Why It's a Good Idea to
Evaluate Web Sources," approaches the topic with examples and evaluation
activities.
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators includes a section on Critical
Evaluation Information that is aimed at K-12 teachers.
- The Virtual Chase from Genie Tyburski was designed as a guide to legal professionals, but it is useful to researchers in many fields who are using the Internet.
- The Internet Detective is a free online tutorial "that will help you develop Internet research skills for your university and college work." It takes about an hour to complete, but you don't have to do it all at once.
- Evaluating Internet
Research Sources is an online essay by Robert Harris, Southern California
College. In the essay, which dates back to 1997, Harris emphasizes the
diversity of information on the Internet and offers several suggestions
for screening and testing Web sites.
- Evaluating
Internet Resources is a guide from the University of Binghamton
that emphasizes content and visual presentation guidelines.
- TILT, from the University of Texas System Digital Library, offers a packet of learning modules related digital and information literacy.
- For a site that debunks, challenges, or addresses some hoaxes, questionable
ideas, and urban legends, I can suggest the snopes.com
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