Evaluate websites to ensure you are relying on credible information:
- Authority: Check for information on author or institution (whether expert) and where published (like, .edu or .gov).
- Accuracy: Determine whether information be verified by other sources and is there contact information for author or institution.
- Objectivity: Read to determine whether slant; consider the goals of the site and who is the target audience.
- Coverage: Read to determine whether information is balanced and site refers to further authority.
- Currency: Check for web page publication date to determine whether up-to-date.
