Finding current information is a main reason for using web resources in academic research. If you can't confirm that the information
you find on the web is up-to-date, you should use other resources instead.
To help in determining the currency of a website and the information it contains, consider:
- When the site was created.
Look for a copyright date
at the bottom of the page.
- When the site was last updated.
The last update date is usually
at the very top or bottom of the page. Websites that are not
updated regularly may be "abandoned."
- If the date is appropriate for the topic.
For some topics, information a few months or a year old is out-of-date.
