Why Evaluate Information?

Audience

Scope & Coverage

Timeliness

Authority

Accuracy

Objectivity & Bias

Using & Evaluating Web Information

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What You Have Learned

WAY TO GO!!!

This tutorial provided information to help you evaluate information no matter what the source! You should now be able to:

  • Understand why it's important to evaluate information
  • Identify and apply basic criteria for evaluating information
  • Distinguish between popular and scholarly articles
  • Differentiate between database search results and results from a Web search engine
  • Recognize the parts of a web address and a citation

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