Web Site Evaluation
Web links collected by Janine Lim and listed here with permission.

• Google
• Soople
• Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need Includes a printer friendly PDF you can share with students.
• Try searching for a specific type of site for more accurate information.
  For example, to get government only sites on nutrition, type this search code in Google: nutrition + site:gov.

Grammar of the Internet
In pairs, analyze a couple sites that you use in your work. How do you know they are reliable?

• Grammar of the Internet
• Analyze the site's web address. What does it tell you? (Analyze two.)
• Who is the owner/publisher of the website? What are the implications? (Analyze one.)
• Who links to the web site? (Analyze two.)
• What is the history of the site?
• Internet Archive WayBack Machine
• Better Read That Again: Web Hoaxes and Misinformation

Bogus Sites to Teach Evaluation
The sites may look true, but are they?

• California's Velcro Crop
• Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide
• Mankato MN
• Tass.net
• WEB LITERACY and Critical Thinking: Is it a Hoax?

Evaluation Tools
Defend the validity of a website before quoting it in your research.

• ABCDs of Evaluating Internet Resources
• Evaluation Criteria from AVLN's Integrating Technology in the Curriculum online course.
• U.S. DOE Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) Hoaxbusters Before you forward that email, check first if it's true! Also check the Urban Legends Reference Pages.
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Critical Evaluation Information

Citing Internet Resources

• MLA Format
• APA Format
• EasyBib An online citation tool.
• Noodle Tools