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WebQuest: Evaluating WebSites
Webmaster -- Carol Bach Last updated on October 20, 2006
cbach@luthernorth.org Based on a template from Yahoo SiteBuilder 2.3
cbach@luthernorth.org Based on a template from Yahoo SiteBuilder 2.3
If you are like most students, you are relying heavily on resources
from the Web for your research. Not all Web resources are created
equal. In fact, there are great variations in the quality of the resources
you access. Just as we don't believe everything we see on TV, read in
a newspaper or magazine, or hear on the radio, we can't believe every-
thing on the Internet. When you use a library, the books, journals, and
other resources have already been evaluated by scholars, publishers,
and librarians. Every resource you find has been evaluated in one way
or another before you ever see it. When you're using the World Wide
Web, none of this applies. Because anyone with a computer can pub-
lish a freely accessible, unreviewed, unregulated, unmonitored Web
page, you must critically evaluate a site to determine whether it's use-
ful, reliable, or appropriate for your purpose.
from the Web for your research. Not all Web resources are created
equal. In fact, there are great variations in the quality of the resources
you access. Just as we don't believe everything we see on TV, read in
a newspaper or magazine, or hear on the radio, we can't believe every-
thing on the Internet. When you use a library, the books, journals, and
other resources have already been evaluated by scholars, publishers,
and librarians. Every resource you find has been evaluated in one way
or another before you ever see it. When you're using the World Wide
Web, none of this applies. Because anyone with a computer can pub-
lish a freely accessible, unreviewed, unregulated, unmonitored Web
page, you must critically evaluate a site to determine whether it's use-
ful, reliable, or appropriate for your purpose.
When using information from the Internet, always ask yourself: REAL DEAL OR NO DEAL |
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