Evaluating Web Sources

A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web - Since you'll be doing some research on the Internet, here's a site that talks about the importance of being critical of what you find there. Click on the numbers one through six for some helpful tips.

Five Criteria for Evaluation of Web Pages (from Cornell University Library) - This page provides an excellent, reader-friendly chart to help you evaluate sources from the web.

Evaluating Information Found on the Internet (from Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University) - This page offers in-depth guidance in evaluating information found on the web.

Doing the Research

Writing a Research Paper (from OWL at Purdue University) - Visit this link for an excellent research workshop, covering all stages of the process. Click Research on the green menu for information on the research step.