How to evaluate a website/source:

There are lots of different methods to verify a website or source. Below is one method you may want to use.

The elements you are looking at are located below.

• Currency - when was the information written and last updated?

• Reliability - where did the author get this information?

• Authority of Author - who is responsible for the information?

• Accuracy of Organization - does the resource have a reputable organization behind it?

• Purpose/Point of View - does the information seem fairly represented, or is it biased

Pay attention to the url's domain extension:

• .com — Commercial sites. This is the most popular, and most valuable.

• .org — Generally understood to mean “non-profit organization,” but that is not an enforced rule. Anyone could use a .org domain name for a personal or even a commercial (for-profit) business. (Though running a .org site as a business seems, at the very least, misleading, and may be unethical.)

• .edu — This is used only for colleges and universities, and its use is restricted.

• .gov — Used only by the United States Government.

• .net - The name is derived from the word network, indicating it was originally intended for organizations involved in networking technologies, such as Internet service providers and other infrastructure companies.

• countries also have extensions at the end of their url's. An example would be the United Kingdom would have a .uk at the end of the address.