Evaluation Techniques of Internet Resources

This is an index of websites and various materials designed to teach evaluation skills of web pages. The goal is to encourage critical thinking abilities in order to find the most reliable and authentic information available on the internet.

• Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask. UC Berkeley
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Why it’s a good idea to Evaluate Web Sources. New Mexico State University
• The Internet Guide to construction of Quality Online Resources. Matthew T. Ciolexand Irene Goltz
• The Six Quests for the Electronic Grail: Current Approaches to Information Quality in www resources. Matthew T. Ciolex
• Webwatch: How do People evaluate a Web site´s Credibility? Consumer Reports
• Challenges for Web Information Providers. John December
• Information Quality: is the truth out there? Serena Fenton
• Evaluating Internet Research Sources. Robert Harris
• Defining Information Literacy. Susanne Hasulo
• How to Evaluate a Web Page.Colorado State University
• Information Literacy: the Web is not an Encyclopedia. Lida L Larsen
• Web awareness: Knowing the Issues. Media Awareness Network (Canada)
• Getting it Right: Verifying Source on the Net. Sabrina Pacifici
• Critical Evaluation Surveys. Kathleen Schrock
• The ABC´s of Web Site Evaluation. Kathleen Schrock
• Evaluating Information Found on the Internet.John Hopkins University
• Criteria for evaluation of Internet Information Resources Alastair Smith
• An annotated Guide to Selected Resources Library of Congress
• Internet Evaluation Webquest Kathleen King

Useful evaluation forms for teachers:

• Web Page Evaluation Worksheet. UC-Berkeley Teaching Library.
• Website Evaluation Form.

Example websites that can be used to teach website evaluation:

• Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie.
• Facts about Idiotica.
• Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division
• Museum of Hoaxes.
• California´s Velcro Crop under Challenge.
• The Apollo Landings
• The Onion.