Evaluating information on the Web

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Posted by Roy on August 22, 2004 at 19:52:41:

[I posted this on the Henna Forum earlier today and Catherine asked me
to put it up here as well...]

One of the best things about the Web is that anyone can publish
anything at any time.

One of the worst things about the Web is that anyone can publish
anything at any time.

A lot of misinformation, disinformation, nonsense and just plain lies
have been published to the Web and become articles of faith because
they were effectively presented, wrapped up in authoritative looking
sites and accepted by enough enough uncritical readers.

Anyone using the Web as an information source needs to understand how
to evaluate a site and its content. The link I've posted below is a
good place to start. It presents a checklist approach to site
evaluation that can help anyone trying determine the validity of
information presented on the Web.

http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html

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