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Internet
contains information that is easily accessible and timely. A wide variety
of information and misinformation can be found on the internet. Because
of this, it is important to develop a student's awareness of bias contained
in websites. Even though the Internet contains the least reliable information
of the three sources discussed in this module, it also contains information
that cannot easily be accessible either due to geographic or budgetary reasons.
For example, it is now possible for students to find large amounts of primary
documents previously only accessible via the Library of Congress or individual
special libraries across the nation. Likewise, both local and foreign government
agencies are also publishing data and government reports on the Internet.
Both educators
and librarians have developed a set of criteria for evaluating web sites.
Students must learn these criteria to become information literate while
surfing the Internet. Below are the six main evaluation criteria applied.
Click on the image to see definitions written for students.
Criteria
for Evaluating Web Sites
below are all
the different ways to evaluate web sites- click on the images for complete
definitions. These definitions were designed to inform students about
web evaluation.
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Reviews |
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