- Databases
- Scholarly Journals
- Primary vs. Secondary Sources
- Additional Resources
Criteria for Evaluating Websites
How do you know if a website is trustworthy? This page provides links to handouts, resources and tutorials focused on Evaluating Websites.
Websites - How do you know if it is reliable?
The ABC's of evaluating a website
- A uthority - who is behind the website?
- B ias - is the information biased?
- C urrency - when was the site updated?
- D ocumentation - are the sources cited?
Evaluating Websites
(University of Kansas Libraries)KU Writing Center - The links gathered here can help you before your search. Understanding what makes a web site trustworthy is a vital skill for all writers.
Enter the URL of a website and learn the name of the owner and what organization is behind the site. You might be surprised.
This video will explain how to quickly determine if a source is appropriate for your topic. (EasyBib)
WHO IS. Find out who is really behind a website . . .
Discover everything about a domain name.
Enter the URL of a website and learn the name of the owner and what organization is behind the site. You might be surprised!
Test your skills at evaluating websites
This guide, originally created for use by students at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, has been designed to explore questions relating to using the World Wide Web as a research tool and to challenge you to use the Web wisely and efficiently.
Fact Checking
Crash Course - Navigating Digital Information #3
Look to your left. Look to your right. Look at this video. Today, John Green is going to teach you how to read laterally, using multiple tabs in your browser to look stuff up and fact check as you read. Real-time fact-checking can help you figure out what's real and what's not on the internet. (2019)
How to Evaluate a Website
Evaluating Websites (Oklahoma City Comm. College)
