My Experience with Evaluating Effective Web Resources
Since my freshman year of high school, I have been expected to include factual evidence within my assigned essays to support my conclusions. Over the years, I have learned that gathering information from reliable sources is absolutely essential. I have listed a few questions to pose as reminders for an analysis of a website's credibility. These have always helped me along the way when identifying a site as an effective digital resource while browsing, learning, and researching. Maybe these can help you too! Ask yourself the following questions while looking up information:
- IS AN AUTHOR LISTED? WHO IS THIS AUTHOR? IS HE/SHE QUALIFIED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE TOPIC?
- IS THE PIECE OPINION BASED? DO THE VIEWPOINTS OUTWEIGH THE FACTS?
- IS THIS PIECE BIASED? IS IT A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE AUTHOR'S BELIEFS AND INTERPRETATIONS OR CAN IT BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO EVIDENCE AND THOROUGH RESEARCH?
- IS THE INFORMATION CURRENTLY RELEVANT? CAN YOU STILL USE THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE IN AN ARGUMENT TODAY?
- WHERE IS ALL THIS INFORMATION COMING FROM? DOES THE AUTHOR LIST HIS/HER SOURCES?
- HOW DOES THE WEBSITE APPEAR? IS IT A PERSONAL WEBSITE? DOES THE LINK HAVE".GOV" IN THE END? DOES THE SITE LOOK REPUTABLE AND PROFESSIONAL?
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