SSI6001 Sport Integrity Leadership: Websites

A guide developed to support research in SSI6001

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This page provides tips on using internet resources at university and a list of useful web resources for this unit.

Evaluating websites

Information from web sites can be very easy to find. Due to the nature of the web, it is very important to evaluate anything that you find before including it in an assignment or essay.

Anyone can author or publish material on a web site. No quality control process is required.

This doesn't mean that you shouldn't use information from web sites just that you need to apply an evaluation criteria to understand 

 Authority - What type of site is it? Who authored the content? What was is the intended audience?

 Accuracy - What evidence is presented? Does the site reference other sources?

 Currency - When was the last time the site was updated? Does the information presented have a "published" date?