Website Reliability

Tips and tools to help students learn how to judge websites for quality, accuracy, content, and usefulness.

Evaluating a Site

Tips for helping searchers determine the authenticity, quality, and usefulness of any website. Includes examples, links to related websites, and printable forms for classroom use.

created: 12 Aug 2003 by rsinker ::: updated: 12 Aug 2003

Evaluating Internet Research Sources

"Guidelines for evaluating Internet sources, including a checklist to help assure credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and supported claims."

created: 12 Aug 2003 by rsinker ::: updated: 12 Aug 2003

Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!

A collection of exercises designed to teach students how to evaluate website information and reliability. Includes links to websites as examples and starting points for discussion.

created: 12 Aug 2003 by rsinker ::: updated: 12 Aug 2003

NetCheck Website Evaluation Form for Grades 7-9

An interactive tool to help middle school students evaluate websites, sort what they find, and share their results.

created: 12 Aug 2003 by rsinker ::: updated: 12 Aug 2003

NetCheck Website Evaluation Form for High School Students

An interactive tool to help older students evaluate website content, sort what they find, and share their results.

created: 12 Aug 2003 by rsinker ::: updated: 12 Aug 2003

NetCheck Website Evaluation Tool for Grades 4-6

An interactive tool to help 4th through 6th grade students evaluate websites, sort what they find, and share their results with other students.

created: 12 Aug 2003 by rsinker ::: updated: 12 Aug 2003

NetCheck Website Evaluation Tool for Grades K-3

An interactive tool to help students evaluate websites for authenticity, quality, and usefulness; sort what they find, and share their results with other students. For students in kindergarten through third grade.

created: 12 Aug 2003 by rsinker ::: updated: 01 Dec 2003

Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources

Tips and guidelines to help students evaluate website content, structure, and reliability.

created: 12 Aug 2003 by rsinker ::: updated: 12 Aug 2003

Yahooligans! Teachers Guide: Evaluating Web Sites

An introduction to judging and picking websites. Developed for teachers, but also suitable for students.

created: 12 Aug 2003 by rsinker ::: updated: 12 Aug 2003