The decentralized and unregulated nature of the Internet allow anyone to publish just about anything on the web. This information might be an online publication of a trusted print news source, or this information might be the factually incorrect rants of an individual with ulterior motives. The usual safe guards protecting the quality of information in published sources, such as peer review and the practical constraints of print publishing, often do not exist for online sources. It is incumbent upon the Internet researcher to skeptically evaluate the quality of information obtained from online sources. The Internet researcher may help filter quality information from bad information by asking themselves the following questions when evaluating a source:
Further in formation regarding evaluation of the quality of an online souce can be found at the following links:
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