Videos are specific to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries and are used for general information purposes only. For specific information about how to use the CLTCC catalog, please refer to the Library Orientation LibGuide at https://cltcclibrary.cltcc.edu/Library_Services and download the CLTCC BobCat Library Orientation sheet or contact the librarian at 318.487.5443 ext. 1137.
Videos are specific to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries and are used for general information purposes only. For specific information about how to use the CLTCC catalog, please refer to the Library Orientation LibGuide at https://cltcclibrary.cltcc.edu/Library_Services and download the CLTCC BobCat Library Orientation sheet or contact the librarian at 318.487.5443 ext. 1137.
Videos are specific to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries and are used for general information purposes only. For specific information about how to use the CLTCC catalog, please refer to the Library Orientation LibGuide at https://cltcclibrary.cltcc.edu/Library_Services and download the CLTCC BobCat Library Orientation sheet or contact the librarian at 318.487.5443 ext. 1137.
Videos are specific to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries and are used for general information purposes only. For specific information about how to use the CLTCC catalog, please refer to the Library Orientation LibGuide at https://cltcclibrary.cltcc.edu/Library_Services and download the CLTCC BobCat Library Orientation sheet or contact the librarian at 318.487.5443 ext. 1137.
Evaluating Web Results: A Contextual Approach
A contextual approach uses information found in a variety of sources to evaluate the information found in single source. A contextual approach promotes critical thinking by encouraging the researcher to question a source and make “reasoned judgements of information quality” informed by multiple sources.
Comparison
"Comparison is the examination of the similarities and differences between two or more items. When applied to the evaluation of web sites, comparing means analyzing the similarities and differences in the content of two or more web sites to each other or comparing the content from web sites to other information formats such as newspaper or magazine articles, peer-reviewed journal articles, or scholarly books."
Corroboration
"To corroborate information is to verify it against one or more different sources...Since more information is available and accessible [on the web], this information can be used to verify individual Web sites that may be questionable. The more sources that can be found to corroborate the information, there is a greater probability that the information is reliable.”
Excerpts from:
Meola, M. (2004). Chucking the checklist: A contextual approach to teaching undergraduates web-site evaluation. Libraries and the Academy, 4(3). Retrieved from Project Muse.
This guide is based on the Information Literacy Tutorial from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Information Literacy Tutorial by Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Based on a work at https://guides.library.uwm.edu/infolit.
Thank you to UW-Milwaukee Golda Meir Library for content and inspiration.