Heuristics, tools, and systems for evaluating Internet information: helping users assess a tangled Web

This paper discusses facilitated Internet evaluation, explores heuristics, tools and systems that have been developed to help users evaluate Internet information. Delineates a taxonomy for these systems, and offers descriptive information and sample tools representative of each category.

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Published in:Online information review 2003-10, Vol.27 (5), p.321-327
Main Author: Fritch, John W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automation
Construct Validity
Credibility
Evaluation
Exact sciences and technology
Heuristic
Heuristics
Information
Information and communication sciences
Information processing and retrieval
Information science. Documentation
Information Sources
Internet
Interrater Reliability
Librarians
Library Personnel
Metadata
Miscellaneous
Online Searching
Peer Acceptance
Professions
Rating Scales
Ratings & rankings
Sciences and techniques of general use
Search engines
Software
Studies
Systems analysis
Systems software
Taxonomy
Teaching Methods
Trust
Users
Validity
Websites
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Summary:This paper discusses facilitated Internet evaluation, explores heuristics, tools and systems that have been developed to help users evaluate Internet information. Delineates a taxonomy for these systems, and offers descriptive information and sample tools representative of each category.
ISSN:1468-4527
1468-4535
DOI:10.1108/14684520310502270