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An ever expanding amount of information is available on the Internet. Some, such as that found on subscription databases like InfoTrac and UMI ProQuest Direct come from juried magazines. This means that the information is reviewed by editors and is published by reputable companies. Information found in these databases is republished on the Internet. Not that this absolutely quarantees its accuracy. Other information found on the Internet can be very valuable as well. However, there is nothing to prevent hoaxes and armchair experts to publish there theories as well. How much trust would you put in a brochure, "The Facts about Smoking," published the American Tobacco Institute? Typically, libraries would not include such information in their collection, or if they did would add other information from other perspectives to provide a balanced view. How do you decide whether a web site's information is reliable or not? Users of the Internet need to learn how to evaluate a web site for accuracy of information.

The reader is refered to several articles, as well as a number of web sites below.

Junior-Meyx, Gail. "The Art of Evaluation." School Library Jorunal. May, 1988: 57.

Schrock, Kathy. "Teaching Media Literacy in the Age of the Internet." Classroom Connect.

December 1988/January 1999: 4-6
Symons, Ann K. "Sizing Up Sites: How to Judge What You Find on the Web."
School Library Journal. April, 1997: 22-25.
Critical Evaluation Surveys at Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators. Start Here!

Evaluation Rubrics for Webistes Uses mathematical scales to determine evaluations.

CyberGuide Ratings Has one scale for judging

Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide! This site provides links to other sites related to news, sports, current events, and movies, and asks questions about the accuracy and currency of each link.

Please Evaluate This Site

Evaluating Internet Resources: a Checklist for Students. Created by Ellen Burne.

Evaluating Internet Resources: a Checklist for Teachers. Created by Ellen Burne.

Ed's Oasis Evaluation Center. A collection of sites to use with kids that already have examples of evaulations.

Critical Evaluation of a Web Page. Provides ideas on how to create lessons of web page evaluation.

Evaluating Internet-Based Information: a Goals-Based Approach

WWW CyberGuide Ratings for Content Evaluation.

Evaluating the quality of Internet Information Sources.

Evaluation of World Wide Web Sites: An ERIC Digest.

Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources.

Ed's Oasis Evaluation Guidelines

Internet Currciulum Connections - A project of ICONNect.

Teaching Students to Think Critically about Internet Resources.
 
 

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