Research Guides: BIO 111: Molecules, Cells, and Animal Systems: Evaluate Your Sources

CRED

C - Creator

R - Resource

E - Errors/Accuracy

D - Date

CRAAP Test
Developed by Meriam Library at California State University, Chico
Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
This guide, from Johns Hopkins, can be applied equally to Internet and non-Internet resources.
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
UC Berkeley provides a great evaluative framework in a graphically-pleasing chart.
Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
A chart from Cornell's Web site.
What's in a URL?
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) list of generic top-level domain name endings (like .com, .gov).