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Evaluating Internet Sources

Cyberguide Ratings for Content Evaluation
http://www.cyberbee.com/content.pdf

Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

Evaluating Online Information
http://jhss.wrdsb.on.ca/library/html/evaluate/evalinfo.htm

Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webcrit.html

Evaluation of Web Resources
http://www.clubi.ie/webserch/resources/index.htm

Evaluating Health Web Sites
http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/evalsite.html

Bogus & Questionable Web Sites
http://www.ualberta.ca/~rreichar/bogus.htm

Scholarly Journals vs. Magazines

These websites can explain the difference between Scholarly Journals, Popular Magazines, and Trade Magazines. If you have questions about locating or using a specific journal or article, ask a Reference Librarian.

Scholarly Journals vs. Trade Magazines vs. Popular Magazines chart
http://books.valdosta.edu/ref/bi/pop.html

Chart with Definitions
http://www.lib.utah.edu/ResGuides/scholarly.html

Updated 12/08/07
MSartin