Internet Detective

Wise up to the Web - Use this free online tutorial to learn to discern the good, the bad, and the ugly for your internet research.

It looks at the critical thinking required when using the Internet for research and offers practical advice on evaluating the quality of web sites.

It’s designed to help students in higher and further education who want to use the Internet to help with research for coursework and assignments.

Learning objectives

By the end of the tutorial students will:
Understand that indiscriminate Internet research is not appropriate for university and college work.
know why information quality is an issue on the Web, especially for academic research.
have developed pratical skills to help critically evaluate information found on the Internet.
be aware of the issues of plagiarism, copyright and citation of Internet resources.

The tutorial will take around an hour to complete, but you can do it in more than one sitting.
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/index.html