Research Guides

Evaluating Information Sources

Credible Sources Count
A ten minute tutorial on evaluating Web sites from Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University

Evaluation Criteria for Web Sources
Evaluation criteria.  The good, the bad & the ugly: Or, why it's a good idea to evaluate Web sources by Susan Beck.

Evaluating Web Content
Criteria for evaluating websites, blogs, wikis, social networking sites, multimedia, etc, by Laura Cohen and Trudi Jacobson.

Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
A comprehensive set of questions to consider in evaluating a Web Site

ICYou: T is for Thinking
A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web