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Enhancing Research Credibility: Guidelines for Assessing Online Resources

This guide focuses on evaluating online resources for credibility, emphasizing aspects like authority, bias, currency, accuracy, and the reliability of sources. Learn how to spot reputable domains, credible authors, potential biases, and ensure accuracy. Find insights on assessing timeliness, identifying trustworthy sponsors, and evaluating the neatness and accuracy of websites. Discover tips on navigating Wikipedia and tools like FactcheckED.org for fact verification.

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Enhancing Research Credibility: Guidelines for Assessing Online Resources

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  1. Ms. Lewis’ Revolution Project Credibility of Resources/ Research Helps

  2. Authority-Look at the URL • Know your domains • .edu • .gov • .com • .mil • .org • .net

  3. Authority—Credibility • Has the root word “Author” • Who wrote the book, article, or website? • What are their credentials? (what makes them qualified to write on this subject?) • Are they affiliated with a company or institution?

  4. Where do you find the author? • “about” section • sometimes bottom of page • “contact me” link • FAQ section

  5. Bias • Do you see any bias in the website? • Does the author have a slant or an angle? (Hint—can you tell if the author has a purpose?)

  6. Bias • Does the webpage or author have a sponsor? • Example: sponsored by the NRA • Is there a logo of an organization on the page? • Also check the “about” section and FAQs

  7. Currency--Timeliness • Is the resource up to date? When was it written/published? When was the website last updated? (how can you tell? • Does it matter?

  8. Does the Author cite Sources? • Does he provide a list of sources he used? • Does he link to other sources or sites?

  9. Accuracy/Neatness • Does the site have any grammar errors or spelling mistakes? • Is it laid out in an understandable way? • If someone is careless about these things, can you trust them to be accurate in their facts?

  10. Wikipedia • To use or not? • What is a wiki? • Why does that make Wikipedia a bad source?

  11. Let’s Look at a Few Sites http://newsbusters.org/ http://www.usability.gov/ http://www.rc.umd.edu/ http://www.dailykos.com/ As http://www.pantheon.org/

  12. Good website to help check reliability of other sites • FactcheckED.org • Go to “Straight from the Source” section

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