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The CRAAP Test
Applying the CRAAP Test: Meriam Library, California State University.
Currency: The timeliness of the information.
Relevance: The importance of the information for your needs.
Authority: The source of the information.
Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness and correctness of the content.
Purpose: The reason the information exists.
Links to Evaluate
Google Search for: Roman Mythology
search results
#1: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology
View History
Talk
#2: UNRV History www.unrv.com/culture/mythology.php
Home>About UNRV>Bibliography http://www.unrv.com/bibliography.php
#3: Roman Gods www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/roman/
Index to all my websites>Using these webpages
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/about.htm#written
Edkins Family homepage: http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/
#4: Roman Mythology for kids
Home>FAQ>
http://www.mrdonn.org/faq.html
#5: InfoPlease
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197622.html
About infoplease
FAQs http://www.infoplease.com/helpfaqs.html
#6 Behind the name
www.behindthename.com/names/usage/roman-mythology
carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/ROME/mythology.html
copyright info at bottom of page
Edited directory back to> http://carlos.emory.edu/
#8: Roman Mythology
www.crystalinks.com/romemythology.html
Other examples:
Google search result: classical mythology roman
#6 http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/
Home>About Me
http://www.timelessmyths.com/about.html
Pro Con
Can you tell the difference between advertising & information?
"About Us Section" for Board of Directors. What affiliation does the Chairman of the Board have with the ACLU?
Website Evaluation examples:
http://www.csub.edu/~jross/projects/infocomp/toolbox/WebEvl/WebCredExAns.html
CARRDS
See page 2 of this document for "What's in a URL?"
Evaluating Wikipedia
How to evaluate a Wikipedia article
Phoebe S. Ayers
Reference Librarian
University of California, Davis
Test yourself
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Snopes
Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.