SOC216/316: Society, Health, and Illness

Website Analysis

• Why should I evaluate web sites? Can't I just trust everyone's website?

  • Women and AIDS ~ take a look at this site; can you trust it?
  • Dissing the King ~ a cautionary tale detailing how websites are not always what they seem
  • The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
    
    

• What should I look for in a trustworthy web site?

  • Evaluating Web Sites

    
    

• Where can I go for trustworthy sites that have already been evaluated?

  • Librarians' Index to the Internet
  • The Scout Report
  • The Best Information on the Net
  • Digital Librarian
  • Internet Public Library
  • BUBL ~ a selection of "Internet resources covering all academic subject areas"
    
    

• How can I find other web sites?

  • Use a search engine to find sites on your topic.
    • Hotbot
    • Google
    • Dogpile ~ a metasearch engine, which searches multiple search engines simultaneously
  • Others are listed on our Internet Tools and Sites page.