- Why evaluate web sources?
- advantage: get info from anybody about virtually anything
- disadvantage: opinions
- Evaluating an Online Source
- Authority
- Reliable? Reputable? Easily contacted? Who is the author?
- Accuracy
- Did they find info or do they cite sources? Can we verify this info with another source?
- Grammatical/Factual Errors?
- Objectivity
- Sponsored? Biased? Can you trust them to distinguish between facts and opinions?
- Timeliness
- Has it been updated? Dates?
- Authority
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