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| | Better Read That Again: Web Hoaxes and Misinformation     |
| | Categorizes problematic sites and gives many examples of each type. Ends with a section which points to sites which give people accurate information as well as warnings about hoaxes and half-true stories.
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/sep00/piper.htm |
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| | Cal Poly State University - Information Competence Tutorials |
| | Nine tutorials provide guidance and practical exercises on information competence.
http://multiweb.lib.calpoly.edu/infocomp/modules/index.html |
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| | Choice Framework |
| | Developed to evaluate the quality of health-related websites aimed primarily at online health consumers. Evaluation criteria fall under the headings of Credibility, Content, Disclosure, Links, Design, Interactivity, Caveats and Differentiation.
http://www.geocities.com/choiceframework/ |
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| | Contentbank.org - The Search for High-Quality Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Communities: Evaluating and Producing What's Needed |
| | Research and recommendations to encourage the creation of low-barrier content and the careful evaluation of existing content to ensure that low-income and underserved individuals find a wide array of the online resources they want most. An Issue Brief and Action Plan by The Children's Partnership.
http://www.contentbank.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Research_From_The_Childrens_Partnership&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=6646 |
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| | Cornell University Library - Evaluating Research Materials |
| | Guidance on critical analysis of information sources, distinguishing scholarly and nonscholarly periodicals, and evaluating web sites.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/evaluating/index.html |
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| | Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites |
| | Checklist of content and technical aspects to consider.
http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/criteria/web.asp |
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| | Critically Analyzing Information Sources |
| | Principles applicable to physical information sources as well as web-based ones.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill26.htm |
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| | 10 C's For Evaluating Internet Sources |
| | Criteria to consider when evaluating Internet resources. [PDF]
http://www.uwec.edu/library/research/guides/tenCs.pdf |
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| | Don't Believe Everything You Read: Ideas for Reading Critically |
| | Short pdf file. Suggestions for evaluating anything you read. [PDF]
http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/pdf/critical-reading.pdf |
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| | An Educators' Guide to Credibility and Web Evaluation |
| | Paper/course written in 1999 with a 2002 update. Covers why evaluate, methods of evaluation, and why and how to teach it in the schools.
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/credibility/index.html |
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