Here are a few additional Web sites that might be of assistance to you when you're trying to judge Internet resources.

How to Evaluate a Web Page

http://lib.colostate.edu/howto/evalweb.html

This Web page is sponsored by the Colorado State University Libraries. It offers useful advice on what to look for when using Internet sources for research.

Tutorial: Evaluating Internet Sources

http://www.lib.purdue.edu/InternetEval/index.html

This tutorial is sponsored by the Purdue University Libraries. It briefly addresses issues of “Accuracy,” “Authority,” “Objectivity,” “Currency,” and “Coverage,” then asks the user to consider a pair of example sites in each of those categories. Although it might be a little difficult to use at first, this tutorial is quite helpful.

Evaluating Quality on the Net

http://www.hopetillman.com/findqual.html

This paper, prepared by Hope N. Tillman, Director of Libraries at Babson College (Babson Park, Massachusetts), provides a discussion of the range of sources to be found on the Internet, and the value of those sources.