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Evaluating Websites

Beck, Susan.  "Evaluation Criteria."   The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources,  1997.  This is a useful site for evaluation criteria and examples to check the validity of websites. 

Check out "The Road to Research," an online tutorial sponsored by UCLA College Library.  Following this link, you can register as a guest and test your research knowledge. 

Mather, Paul.  “Chapter 6.5: Critical Literacy: The WWW Great Potential,”  WWW Beyond the Basics, 1996.  Learning theory related to using the World Wide Web as a research tool. 

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