How to evaluate an Internet-based information source | BIOME evaluation guidelines
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This section of the BIOME evaluation guidelines provides a step-by-step guide to evaluating information on the Internet. The steps are: follow any links to find out as much as you can about a resource; analyse the URL; examine the information within the resource; consider the accessibility, design and layout, and ease of use of the source; obtain any additional information; and compare the resource to other similar materials. Includes an explanation of what to look for within each step, and the key questions you are trying to answer. There are also some additional hints on evaluating mailing lists and Newsgroups, databases, and FTP archives. These guidelines were produced for a UK-based information service called BIOME which provides access to Internet resources in the health and life sciences, aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners. The guidelines are well-written and accessbile, but might require some adaptation to developing country information services or resource centres