LibGuides: Evaluating Websites and Blogs (Law Library): For more information

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Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
Cornell University Library. Links to checklists and other resources on this topic.
Googling the Law: Apprising Students of the Benefits and Flaws of Google as a Legal Research Tool
This article by Alena L. Wolotira, discusses the pros and cons of using the free internet for conducting legal research .
How to Evaluate Information- Checklist, Justia.com.
Includes links to sample websites.
In Defense of Wikipedia
Diane Murley, In Defense of Wikipedia, 100 Law Library Journal 593, 2008.
Ms. Murley explains how Wikipedia articles are created and edited and how to use Wikipedia's tools to evaluate articles.
Information Literacy and the Art of Detecting Crap
Applying the CRAP test to evaluate content on the web.
C= currency
R= reliability
A= authority
P= purpose/point of view
Information Quality, Justia.com.
Includes links to sample websites of scams, hoaxes, and bogus information.
Stanford Web Credibility Research
Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
2016