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Critical Evaluation of Websites

Digital Literacy is "the ability to use and understand information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers." (Paul Gilster in Schrock, Kathy. (1999 January). The ABC's of Web Site Evaluation.

With just a click of the mouse, the WWW produces a hypermedia format with pictures,photos, and sound. How can one judge the good from the poor and the best from the better when it comes to information found on websites? The links below address the important features when critically evaluating information found on websites for research purposes.

This website provides links:

to the History of the Internet and World Wide Web

for suggestions to evaluate web pages