When you need reliable information finding it on the web can be difficult. Websites don’t always reveal themselves for who they really are. Sometimes it’s blatantly obvious the site contains misinformation and other times it’s not so obvious. For example, WikipediA, The Free Encyclopedia has had problems with contributors posting inaccurate information. Even more insidious is the problem of deceptive sites also known as hoax sites.
So how do you evaluate a site? For starters, check out Jim Kapoun’s Five criteria for evaluating web pages on the Cornell University Library site.
For more information go to Cornell Library’s Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools page.
Check out the site about Jacopo di Poggibonsi. Is it real or is it a hoax?
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