Information overload: credibility, authority, authenticity ...

Information overload: credibility, authority, authenticity

Criteria for Evaluating Online Information

Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?


Who? Authority

What? Accuracy

When? Currency

Where? Publisher

Why? Purpose & Objectivity

How? Determining What's What

Will you find better resources using librayr databases? Would a book or journal article be more appropriate?



For reference help, contact Jessica Albano (Communication Studies Librarian at the UW Libraries)
Created: 19 April 2004

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Created by: Jessica Albano
Last modified: Monday May 14, 2007 (jalbano)