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Evaluation of Information Sources
Contains pointers to criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly those on the Internet.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/alastair_smith/evaln/evaln.htm
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The Web Credibility Project
Part of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, their goal is to understand what leads people to believe what they find on the Web. With information, papers, and related links.
http://credibility.stanford.edu/
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Yahooligans! - Evaluating Web Sites
Guide to evaluating sites by the "Four A's" - Accessible, Accurate, Appropriate, and Appealing.
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/tg/evaluatingwebsites.html
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Evaluating World Wide Web Sites
Instructions for completing a form assessing authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and coverage.
http://www.iona.edu/library/research/wwweval.htm
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Evaluating Information on the Web
Online tutorial covering authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and coverage.
http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/tutorials/webeval/intro.html
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T is for Thinking
Web site evaluation guide with resources and links.
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html
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Research Edge: Evaluate Information
Tutorial from the University of Wollongong Library.
http://www.library.uow.edu.au/helptraining/tutorials/resedge/evaluate.html
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Exemplary Practices in Teaching Web Evaluation
Presentation given in 1998. Covers why evaluation of web resources is necessary, and gives criteria for scrutinizing web materials. Provides links to many related and supporting sites.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/staff/susabeck/checs98.html
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Johns Hopkins University Library - Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
Detailed list of considerations.
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/
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ISI Web Site Selection Criteria
Thomson ISI sells a product called "Current Web Contents" which includes, in part, a premium collection of evaluated scholarly Web sites. This is how sites are selected for inclusion, and how they're evaluated.
http://scientific.thomson.com/free/essays/selectionofmaterial/cwc-criteria/
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