Of all the resources you encounter during the research process,
websites are the most important to evaluate as anyone can post
anything on the web and making a webpage look professional is
easy.
Unless you evaluate websites, you could unwittingly cite a website presenting a 7th grade school report, a commercial marketing
ploy, or a "spoof." You can find almost anything on the web, but just because you can find it does not mean that it is reliable, accurate, or presented in a professional manner.
When evaluating a website as a possible resource for your research consider the websites:
- authority,
- purpose,
- currency,
- content,
- bias and point of view.
