The ABC Test: Guidelines for Evaluating Websites
When evaluating web sources or any other information sources, use the following A.B.C.'s to help evaluate the information you find:
Authority: Who is responsible for the information?
- It is someone passing themselves off as an expert?
- Is there an organization who is the authority for the site?
- Does the site provide an official name or any contact information?
- EXAMPLE: National Institutes of Health https://www.nih.gov/
Bias: What is the purpose?
- What is the purpose of the information?
- Is it to inform, teach, sell, entertain or persuade?
- Does the information seems objective or one-sided so are they bias?
- EXAMPLE: Veterans for a strong America http://www.veteransforastrongamerica.org/.
Credibility: Where does the information come from?
- What are the author's or organization's credentials?
- Do they provide links to credible sources or cite them?
- Are the links functional?
- When was it last updated?
- EXAMPLE: HAVIDOL http://havidol.com/
Recommended Websites
- Medline PlusA service of U.S. National Library of Medicine
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) -- formerly The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) -- is a United States government agency, under the auspices of the National Institutes for Health (NIH), dedicated to exploring complementary, alternative and integrative healing practices.
EXCELLENT site for background reports and overviews on various health practices
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