What you should look for in a good web resource

Ok, so now you know more about how to bring back more relevant results - but how do you know whether the information is good quality? Anyone can publish on the web and most of it isn't checked for accuracy. Wikipedia, for example, is a popular source of information but anyone can change the information held there and it hasn't been checked by experts (in other words it has not gone through a process known as 'peer review').

Before you consider using information you've found on the web for your assignments, you need to consider important issues like accuracy, coverage, currency, objectivity and authority. Let's make sure you understand what these involve.

Complete the following exercise by using the drop down menus to select the correct options (each option is only used once):

When checking for I must make sure the information is free from errors and backed up by other reliable sources I have seen.

Making sure the topic I'm interested in is covered in enough detail and provides me with information I might not have seen already means I have checked for .

involves checking the information is being kept up to date and links are still working.

Checking the information is fair and balanced rather than biased means assessing its .

When checking for I should see whether I can find out who has created the information and whether they are qualified to do so.