Now you be the Judge!
 
Below are actual examples Chabot students have found on the first page of their search results using a general search engine (in most cases, Google).  You take a look at what they found at the time, and you ask yourself: Would I use this site for my research paper or my speech?
Judge
  1. Print out at least one copy of the Web Evaluation Checklist
  2. Look at each of the sites below.
  3. Evaluate them keeping in mind accuracy and objectivity, author's credentials, and currency of the site.
  4. Then click on the Explanation in the column on the right.
To best look at pages and compare them, we recommend that you right click on each link and select "Open in New Tab" (If you are using IE 6, open in New Window, instead).  Move from page to page through this method.

A. Smoking and Health
1.  The Harmful Effects of Smoking
      http://www.smartlink.net/~phillipj/smoking.htm
2.  The Irreversible Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking

      http://www.acsh.org/publications/booklets/iesmoke.html

Explanation

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