Evaluating Sources
Critical areas to consider:
Authority
Author and his or her credentials and reputation
Publisher
Objectivity
Fact
Opinion
Propaganda
Quality
Presentation
Accuracy
Completeness
Intended audience
Tone of the language
Currency
More important for some topics than others
Relevance
Scholarly or popular
Primary, secondary, or bibliographic
Intended audience
Context in which the information was created
Web content must be evaluated at least as rigorously as print material
Domain name extensions: (these are the most common, there are many more)
.com—commercial
.biz—business
.net—network
.org—organization, originally non-profit
.edu—educational, originally 4-year institutions
.gov—governmental
.mil—military
.int—international organizations
There are also two letter extensions for countries: https://www.worldstandards.eu/other/tlds/