Using the Internet

David Warlick, author of Raw Materials for the Mind (2002) suggests three main criteria listed below for evaluating websites. Using the checklist you just completed on the MLK website, how would describe the site's:

1. RELIABILITY (Is the information accurate? Under what conditions?)
2. CREDIBILITY (Who is the author? Do they have the authority to produce the information?)
3. PRESPECTIVE & PURPOSE (What does the author have to gain from publishing information? What is their bias?)