Web Wisdom ― How to Evaluate and Create Information Quality on the Web

This book covers key issues users and creators of Web resources need to know regarding reliable and useful information on the Web. In a straightforward and accessible format, the book provides critical evaluation techniques and tools to enhance Web-based research and the creation of high quality content. The amount of complexity of Web-based information has steadily increased. The phenomenal global growth of the internet with the increasing sophistication of online technologies and software applications requires us to be more savvy Web users. The new edition will show how to adapt and apply the core traditional evaluation criteria covered in the previous editions, to modern-day Web content.

Marsha Ann Tate is a central Pennsylvania-based educator and writer. She holds a Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University, an MLA from Bloomsburg University, and an MLS from Clarion University. Marsha is the founder and principal of Tate Research and Training Services and also serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Pennsylvania Highlands Community College. Marsha’s research interests focus upon information literacy, nineteenth century North American history, and media history. She is the author of numerous articles and Web-based resources, as well as several books, including A History of Canadian Television Programming Produced for the US Market (McFarland 2007).