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How to Evaluate a Website

Learn how to evaluate a website for accuracy, believability, and truthfulness.
How to Check Out a Hoax
We've all come across stuff that seems to good to be true in our surfing travels, right? How can you be sure what you're looking at is the real deal? Learn how to check out a hoax and keep yourself from falling for a spoof on the Web.
Citing Internet Sources
When writing a paper and using sources from the Web, there are a few things you need to keep in mind. Learn more about citing Internet sources.
How To Evaluate a Web Source
Judging the truthfulness of information that you find online can be a bit problematic, especially if you’re looking for credible material you can cite in a research paper or academic project. Fiction and reality are not the same thing, but on the Web, it’s getting increasingly hard to tell the difference. Find out how to evaluate a Web source before you cite it in an academic or research project.
Teaching Copyright
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an excellent five-lesson course on Internet copyright law and how it pertains to you as the Web searcher.
10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained
Internet copyright law is somewhat complicated to understand. In this succinct, easy to understand article, you'll learn the top ten myths about copyrights on the Web - without the need to pursue a law degree.
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