The document provides tips for evaluating the reliability of online sources. It advises checking information from multiple sources, reviewing copyright dates and website authorship, considering the domain extension, assessing understandability and spelling errors, and identifying potential biases. Reliable sources contain factual information that can be corroborated across several vetted locations, excluding Wikipedia.
The document provides tips for evaluating the reliability of online sources. It advises checking information from multiple sources, reviewing copyright dates and website authorship, considering the domain extension, assessing understandability and spelling errors, and identifying potential biases. Reliable sources contain factual information that can be corroborated across several vetted locations, excluding Wikipedia.
The document provides tips for evaluating the reliability of online sources. It advises checking information from multiple sources, reviewing copyright dates and website authorship, considering the domain extension, assessing understandability and spelling errors, and identifying potential biases. Reliable sources contain factual information that can be corroborated across several vetted locations, excluding Wikipedia.
checked in several places, information checks out as factual (NO WIKIPEDIA!)
How can you check reliability?
1. Check several places for the same information. 2. Check the copyright. When was it last updated? 3. Who created this site? Are they reliable? 4. Is the website one of these: .org .net .gov .com, .edu? 5. Is it user-friendly and easily understood? 6. Are there spelling mistakes? 7. Are there opinions or bias?