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Meola, Marc – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2004
This paper criticizes the checklist model approach (authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, coverage) to teaching undergraduates how to evaluate Web sites. The checklist model rests on faulty assumptions about the nature of information available through the Web, mistaken beliefs about student evaluation skills, and an exaggerated sense of…
Descriptors: Internet, Teaching Methods, Check Lists, Information Literacy