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Evaluating Website Credibility: Guide for Information Seekers

This website by Karen Christensson provides vital tips on evaluating the reliability of online sources for research. It covers aspects like resource type, relevance, authority of the author, currency of information, and site details. Learn to discern credible sources from opinion pieces or outdated materials. Enhance your research skills today!

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Evaluating Website Credibility: Guide for Information Seekers

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  1. Is this a good website???

  2. RAD CAB http://www.radcab.com By Karen Christensson Book and all products available from Upstart Books

  3. Is your source of informationrelevant? • Form focus questions. • Broad • Narrow • Determine keywords and phrases.

  4. Is this source appropriatefor your research? • Is the resource… • an opinion piece? • a popular item? • a scholarly work? • What do you know about • the author? • the publisher? • the date of publication?

  5. It’s all in the details… • Site maps • Page organization • Works cited pages • External links • Internal search engine • Interactive and graphic elements • Design appeal

  6. Is this source current? • Has an idea once believed as truth been disproved by new discoveries? • Some fields require more time-sensitive information than others. • When searching news events, look for the last updated date in the header or footer. • Some sites are not updated due to poor site maintenance.

  7. Does the writer have authority to discuss the topic? • Determine an author’s expertise by investigating educational background, work experience, and lists of other writings. • Locate information about the author by looking in the header or footer. • Use a search engine to find an online résumé or page about the author's credentials.

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