Welcome to this Information and Library Services Tutorial on
evaluating Web sites. In this tutorial, you will learn how to
determine whether a Web site contains trustworthy information
that is appropriate for college level research. Many Web sites
contain trustworthy information that is appropriate to use in
college-level research. But because no one regulates information
placed on the Web, there are also Web sites that you would not
want to use in a research paper: Web sites, for example, with
out-of-date, inaccurate or biased information. Here are some
questions you can ask that will help you critically evaluate
information you find on the Web: - Who is the author of the Web
site? - Does the Web site present information that is biased,
one-sided? - Does the Web site present accurate information? -
Is the Web site current enough for your research topic? This
tutorial will explore those questions in more detail. When
evaluating a Web site, ask yourself, who has written the Web
site content? Are the author’s c