Evaluating Websites
Consider the following Evaluation Criteria:
1. Accuracy - Is the information correct?
2. Authority - What are the author's credentials?
3. Coverage - Is the content covered comprehensively?
4. Currency - Is the information current?
5. Purpose - Is the content biased?
If you're not certain, ask a librarian!
Websites
- Arizona Game and FishArizona conservation and animal wildlife updates and news.
- Arizona Solar CenterFocuses on solar and renewable energy as it relates to Arizona.
- Center for Sonoran Desert Studies (Arizona Desert Museum)Research and conservation program.
- U.S. Department of InteriorProvides information on ways the U.S. Department of Interior is trying to preserve America’s natural resources for the present and the future.
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)Provides information about natural resources, human influence on natural habitats, ecosystems, etc.
- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)Website dedicated to the conservation of nature.