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Basic Research Strategies: Which Website is Best?

Evaluate Websites

Each of these boxes contains two websites about the subject.  

  1. Click on the each link.
  2. Examine the website. 
  3. Decide which one is the better choice for research.

Remember to determine: 

  • Who wrote it. Is the author or sponor an authority?
  • What information is given. Is it accurate?
  • When was the site last updated?
  • Where is the site. Is it reliable?
  • Why is this information posted? What is the intended purpose?

 

Martin Luther King

Which web resource comes from an unbiased source?

Unemployment

Which resource has current information ?

DWI

Which resource has information that is designed to educate you?

Artificial Sweetener

Which resource has accurate information that has not been twisted?