The document discusses five criteria for evaluating web pages: accuracy, objectivity, coverage, currency, and accessibility. It states that credible web pages will be accurate with limited advertising, objective in presenting information, up-to-date and regularly updated, and easily accessible without fees or restrictions. The document was published by Cornell Library in 2009 to provide guidance on evaluating web pages for research.

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Documents
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Web Pages:
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3. Web Pages
Valuable for
Research
Are:
ACCURATE
CREDIBLE OBJECTIVE Up-To-Date Easily Accessible
List the author and
Provide accurate Includes information that
institution that published information with
List the author credentials Are current and regularly can be viewed properly
the page limited advertising
Their domain is preferred updated Are unlimited to fees,
Provide a way of contacting Are objective in
him/her… (.edu, .gov, .org, or .net) presenting the Includes up-to-date links browser technology,
information software requirement, etc.

4. Cornell Library (2009), Five criteria for evaluating Web Pages, Information retrieved from the following address:
www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webcrit.html, (November 24, 2009)