Evaluating Sources


Web Resources

• Web Site Evaluation Worksheet (Lakeland library).

• Evaluating Web Pages (U. California Berkeley) Techniques for sleuthing out information about web pages. See also, the U. California Berkeley's Web Page Evaluation Worksheet

• Evaluating Web Pages (Duke University) Checklist of criteria for evaluating. Includes website examples.

• Evaluating Web Pages (Kent State University)

• Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages (Cornell University)

• Evaluating Web Resources (Widener U.) Criteria for evaluating many types of websites.

• net.TUTOR : Evaluation of Web Sites (Ohio State U.) Techniques for judging web sites.

• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources (New Mexico State U.) Criteria with links to examples.

Journals versus Magazines

Instructors may request scholary journals as sources or may accept both popular magazines and scholarly journals. Use these references to determine if an article meets the assignment's requirements.

• Lakeland library's Explanation of Scholarly v. Popular Magazines.

• Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory Vol. 5. Located in the Reference Collection Z6941.U5. Contains a list of peer reviewed serials (journals).

• Magazines for Libraries Located in the Reference Collection Z6941 .M23. Evaluates magazines and journals.

• Electronic Journal Center Contains only scholarly journals.

Expert Authors

Use these biographical materials to check an author's credentials.

• Locating biographical information using OhioLINK research databases

• Directory of American Scholars Located in the Reference Collection LA2311 .C32.

• American Men & Women of Science Located in the Reference Collection Q141 .A45 1998.

• Who's Who in America Located in the Reference Collection E663 .W56.

• Biography Index Located in the Reference Collection CT214 .B58. Indexes biographical sources 1952-1994.

Expert Organizations

Use these websites to verify the trustworthiness of a source's sponsoring organization.

• Associations on the Net

• Librarians' Internet Index

• Britannica Online

• Internet Public Library

• WWW Virtual Library

• Web Page Evaluation Worksheet (U. California Berkeley)