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When visiting a website, it is important to ask yourself if the website you are visiting is reliable. This is important because you want to make sure the information you are getting from the website is accurate and unbiased. To evaluate a websites accuracy, one can ask them self if the site meets the requirements of the five criteria for evaluating websites. These criteria include... authority, accuracy, currency, coverage, and objectivity.

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1. [] -This website explains the different criteria and tools that are necessary for evaluating websites. The site emphasizes the importance of searching for your needs when visiting a website and ask yourself if you think the information you are looking at is something you would use for a project or for professional use. This site also talks about the warning signs of an unreliable website.

2. [] -This website talks about the problem of unreliable sites on the internet and how people are getting fooled by them everyday. This site also talks about eight different purposes of websites and even talks about the five criteria for evaluating websites.

3. [] -This website explains "The Five w's of Website Evaluation". These five w's include who, what, when, where, and why.

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