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Evaluating Works on the Web

The internet is literally a world of information. The amount of items being added every year is staggering. However, when it comes to using the information found on a web page a more critical review of its source/s is sometimes necessary.

Take a look at a couple of example web pages about William Shakespeare:

Now that you have looked at the two pages, does one page seem a little more reliable than the other? Check-out the Six Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages.

Futher examples of not-so-valid information: