How to Evaluate Websites
- Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
- Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
- Evaluating Web Resources
- A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web
- What Makes a Great Website
- The World's Worst Website See all of the bad design features sites should not use
- Web Pages That Suck Learn what not to do.
Human Cloning: The Good, The OK, and the Just Plain Odd
Browse these sample websites to see how the same topic can be presented in different ways.
- Cloning Fact Sheet A page from the Human Genome Project. Note the .gov address, which indicates that this is a government website.
- MedLine Plus: Cloning An encyclopedia entry from MedLine, a medical information website from the National Library of Medicine. Note the .gov address.
- Baby, It's You! And You, And You... An article from Time magazine, a popular news source. While such sources are generally accurate, keep in mind that complex medical or scientific information is often watered down for a general audience.
- Americans to Ban Cloning An advocacy group site; information here will be slanted or omitted to support the group's point of view.
- Clonaid: Pioneers in Human Cloning Group who claims to have cloned a baby with directions from space aliens. Really.
Birth Control: The Good, The Advertisers, and the Advocates
Browse these sample websites to see how the same topic can be presented in different ways.
- MedLine Plus: Birth Control An encyclopedia entry from MedLine, a respected medical information website from the National Library of Medicine. Note the .gov address.
- Birth Control Methods An article from Women's Health, a department in Health and Human Services, a government agency. Note the .gov in the web address.
- Go Beyond Birth Control A site advertising the benefits of Yaz, a birth control pill.
- Birth Control - Planned Parenthood Birth control information from Planned Parenthood, an advocacy group.
- Birth Control News and Articles Birth control news from Natural News, a site which advocates "natural health, natural living." However, note that all of the news articles are negative reports about birth control.
- Birth Control An article from the Catholic Church explaining why birth control is sinful.
- Birth Control Watch An advocacy site for greater access to birth control.
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