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Criteria for Evaluating Resources - A³BCD

Six categories of criteria you can use when evaluating resources:

• Authority
• Accuracy
• Audience
• Bias/Point of View
• Currency
• Design

Criteria for Evaluating Resources - A³BCD - one page pdf version for printing

Adapted from:

Smith, Alastair G. "Testing the Surf: Criteria for Evaluating Internet Information Resources." The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 8, no. 3 (1997).

See also additional sites that discuss the evaluation of Internet resources.