Evaluating and Citing Information Found on the Web

Learning How to Evaluate Web Resources

• Criteria for the Evaluation of Internet Information Resources - courtesy of Alistair Smith and the Victoria University of Wellington
• Evaluating Web Sites - offered by Katherine Holmes, Assistant Library Director, at Lesley College provides sound advice
• Publishers Wanted, No Experience Necessary: Information Quality on the Web - is courtesy of Genie Tyburski, a Research Librarian for Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Law Library Resource Exchange
• The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources - courtesy of Susan E. Beck at New Mexico State University
• Weblogs - courtesy of Wikipedia, the free Internet encyclopedia

Citing Information Found on the Internet

• Style Guides - includes APA, AMA, MLA, Turabian (Chicago) and more
• Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students - courtesy of Penn State
• Resources for Documenting Electronic Sources - courtesy Perdue University Online Writing Lab
• Citing Electronic Sources - Need help citing non-text WWW materials such as maps, photographs, drawings, sound recordings, and films? Try this site provided by the Library of Congress

Free Citation Creation Website(s)

• Citation Machine - "Citation Machine is an interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties"