Teaching Legal Professionals How To Do Research
Teaching Legal Professionals How To Do Research
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How To Evaluate Information

 Good information is accurate, complete, objective, authoritative and timely (at the time of publication). The strategies listed below help researchers detect bad information. Follow each of the links for more information about the strategy as well as examples of Web sites that illustrate good or bad information.

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Identify the Source

Discover the Source's Expertise

Determine the Level of Objectivity

Establish the Date of Publication

Verify What the Information Claims

Printable Evaluation Checklist

Important: For educational purposes, links presented herein assist readers in examining issues pertaining to the quality of information on the Internet. Some lead to sites with questionable, potentially offensive or obscene information. We do not control content outside of The Virtual Chase domains.

 

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Created: 3 June 1997
Revised: 21 June 2007
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