RELIABILITY
(1) Investigate multiple sources to compare and contrast the reliability of information
(2) Identify several markers that may affect reliability such as
(a) Is this a commercial site?
(b) Is the author an authoritative source ?
(c) Does the website have links that are broken?
(d) Does the information make sense?
(e) Does the author include links to other reliable websites?
(f) Does the website contain numerous typos?
(g) Does the URL provide any clues to reliability?
(h) Do the images or videos appear to be altered?
(3) Understand that Wikipedia is a reasonable, but imperfect, portal of information
(4) Identify the general purpose of a website .
(5) Identify the form of a website and use this information when considering reliability
ACCURACY
(1) Evaluate information based on the degree to which it is likely to be accurate by verifying and consulting alternative and/or especially reliable source
