Quickwrite:  Critical Information Literacy

When we search for articles on the internet, we can't always trust what we are reading.  But how can we check the credibility of a website?  There are many ways to critically review online resources.  Some ways to review the credibility of a site is to check the sources (primary or secondary) on a website and look into who is funding the site.  We can also check if the website is opinion based or research based or if the article online is peer reviewed.  When looking at a website, we can read the "About Us" section to see if the website or company is legitimate and we can check the date the website was created.  Lastly, it is very important to know what type of domain is most trustworthy.  The most trustworthy domains are .gov, .edu, and .org.  If we were to check all of these different ways to critically review an online resource, we would eventually only find the most reliable and trustworthy websites.