Evaluating Web Sites

Wrap up

The Internet is exploding with information. Learning how to evaluate that information is a key research skill. The last thing you want to do is include erroneous information in a research project, work project or presentation. This article has presented a few tips on judging the worth, or worthlessness, of a web site. It suggested asking the following questions of any web site:

Who created the site?
Why did they create the site?
How accurate is the information?
How well is the information presented?

All you need now is practice at critically examining a site.

While this topic dealt specifically with web sites, you can use the same techniques to evaluate any information source. Remember, you should never assume any information source is always correct. You should even question my web site! So go ahead and evaluate Hokum Home.