Abstract

Librarians have traditionally been familiar with the techniques of critically analysing the value of individual books and periodicals. This has been necessary for a variety of reasons: to order appropriate titles for the library collections; to include items in bibliographies; and to recommend titles to readers and scholars. With the advent of the Internet and its subsequent use as a research tool, the evaluation of Internet sites has become increasingly important. Since pages can be posted on the Internet without any editorial review or approval, it is vitally important for users to know how to appraise these information resources. This article presents a brief overview of ways to make these evaluations.

Keywords: Research methodology, Library research, Computer network resources, Internet research

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Copyright and license

Copyright © 2005 The author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to cite

Melun, M. (2005). Evaluating Information Resources. Information World, 6(1), 98-105. https://doi.org/10.15612/BD.2005.450