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How Do I Evaluate Information?


Osterlin Library staff has compiled these lists of valuable websites for your use.
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Evaluate Sources:

Evaluate Websites:

Information Evaluation Chart (.pdf)

Critically Analyzing Information Sources
--focuses on print resources

How to Evaluate Journal Articles
--detailed criteria or quick version

Popular vs Scholarly Magazines
--distinguishing the difference

Evaluation Clues for Articles Taken from the Web
--when the print issue isn't available

5 Criteria for Evaluating Webpages
--quick tips

Evaluating Different Types of Websites
--detailed criteria

Checklist to Evaluate a Website
--print & complete the list

Wikipedia & Britannica: A Comparison
--how to use them to their strengths

Grading Wikipedia
     -- mixed and failing grades for the online encyclopedia
(Chronicle of Higher Education, via EbscoHost database)

Wikipedia -- Colbert Report (Comedy Central)

- wikiality

- wikilobbying

- truthiness pt. 1

- truthiness pt. 2

 

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