An extremely important part of the research process is evaluating your sources. With each source, you want to answer questions such as:
Trying to answer these questions for information you find on web sites can often be more of a challenge than print sources. With no editorial or review process on the web, it is crucial to evaluate the information you find to ensure it is credible, reliable and accurate. For help with evaluating web sites, go to the Evaluate box on the Find Web Sites or click here.
For help with evaluating all types of sources, check out the tutorials below and the short video from Brown University.
It is extremely important to evaluate the sources of the information you find on the Internet, especially medical information.
Because anyone can put information on the web, so you need to be able to verify the credibility of the source and the information provided on the web sites you use for your research and studies.
Here is a short 16 minute tutorial on how to evaluate the health related information you will find on the web.
Source:
NIH: National Library of Medicine
Another short tutorial which describes why Google is not the best source for finding credible academic resources.
Source: YouTube