Evaluating Information on Web Sites
When evaluating information from the web, it is very important to be able to read a URL. While a site location is no guarantee that the information will be correct, information found at a
.gov
or a
.mil
or a
.edu
site is more likely to be accurate than information at a
.com
or a
.net
site.
Be very careful of information found at a site with a
/~
in its directory path. This is usually the address of a personal web page. For example:
www.anywhere.com/~smith/index.html
is most likely Mr. (or Ms.) Smith's personal page and any information on that page is their own personal opinion.
