Biology including Anatomy and Physiology: Web Sites

 Critically review the Web site with the following questions in mind:

• Who is the author(s) or sponsor(s) of the site? What are their qualifications? (Authority)
• Is this a commerical, governmental, personal, academic Web site? (Accuracy)
• What is the purpose of the site? (Objectivity)
• What is the date of the information given? (Currency)
• Is the information documented? (Coverage)

REMEMBER - not all information found on the Web is useful for college research!

Web Sites

• Up-to-date information available on current events
• Anyone may post anything on the Internet
• Information may be biased or incomplete
• Information may disappear without notice

AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Includes articles from ScienceNOW

The Biology Project (University of AZ)