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How do I Evaluate Websites?

We've brought together a few websites that do a good job of explaining the criteria to use when evaluating websites you find during your research.

UW-Washington County Checklist for Evaluating Web Sites - This checklist is a good tool when evaluating web pages.

Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages - Cornell University Libraries has put together this concise guide showing the five criteria and explaining how to interpret them.

Evaluation Criteria from Susan Beck's The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources.

Evaluating Web Pages - UC Berkley Library guide for evaluationg web pages gives you questions to ask yourself and the implications.

Internet Detective tutorial on web sources.