First Year Reading Experience 2011-2012: Find Websites
Evaluating Web Resources
Guidelines for evaluating websites.
Purpose
- Why was this source created?
- What audience was it created for?
- Is it scholarly or popular? Does this matter?
Authority
- Who is the author? A person? A corporation?
- What are the author's qualifications for writing on this subject?
Timeliness
- Is there a date?
- When was the content last updated?
Scope
- Does it give too much or too little information?
- How specific is the information provided?
Related Research Guides
American Experience Video
Selected Websites
- The Great Pandemic: The United States in 1918-1919.This interactive government site offers information about life in the U.S. during the pandemic flu in the early 1900s. Click this link to access state level information, biographies and multimedia items.
- The Deadly Virus:The Influenza Epidemic of 1918View documents and photos that have been collected by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Public Health and the War Effort
Flyer from the U.S. Public Health Service linking the impact of influenza on the war effort.