If some of your information has come from a web site, you need to evaluate it particularly carefully. Sometimes web sites are simply an electronic version of an existing print resource; however, sometimes they are a new presentation of information, personal interest, or product marketing. The most important thing to remember about information found on a web site is that anyone with a little money, time, and technical know-how can put a site on the Web. The reliability of that information can be open to question.
ALWAYS evaluate anything you find on the Web very carefully.
The criteria for evaluating information are the same regardless of the format.
See
Evaluating Information
for an explanation of the criteria. However, the strategies for applying these criteria vary with the format in which the information is embedded. In this module, you will learn strategies for applying the criteria to web sites.
