How to judge online sources???

Hi guys!!!
Luckily this week in our e-tivity we won’t learn how to use a new tool but we will have time to restore our poor minds and reflect on and discuss what criteria we use to evacuate the “almost limitless amount of information” we have come across on the Internet during our previous e-tivities. Usually when I need to research something; I prefer to use Internet because it’s easier and it “will give you absolutely everything”. But, on the other hand, I perfectly know that when you decide to work on Internet you must be aware that you have to make more efforts that with a simple research in the library.

First of all you have to select and “filter” information you really need from others that are simply “rubbish”. Then you have to pay attention to the authenticity of the materials and check if what you find out inside the blogsphere is true or not. So, at the beginning, the fir step you have to do is “the judgement of online sources” and after that you can take them as the main material for your works. I liked too much reading a definition, which I found in Internet, which compared the “evaluation sources” as a kind of DETECTIVE WORK!!!
What about me, I haven’t any strategies to filter information from the Net, but I tend to be more critical as possible in my readings. Most depends on what kind of information one is looking for. If I’m looking for facts, historical events or news reports, I think that some sites or sources need not to be checked because they are so popular and well-known that anyone could trust them – I’m referring to sites as the BBC or the CNN networks or the site of “Il Corriere della Sera”. I think that no one could doubt the validity of the materials that these sources presents (I mean, I’m speaking about the validity of the site and not whether the content is right or not; that’s another crucial point!).

On the other hand, if I’m looking for personal opinions about a specific topic, further researches or studies about an issue or simply out of curiosity, I tent to check the author and the publisher. The way in which information is presented is important as well; it should be accompanied with a list of further explanations or with an updated bibliography on that topic.

Anyway, in my opinion, the most important thing when someone search something online is to have a lot of patience and to read the more s possible about that particular topic; in this way one has the possibility to compare different opinions, noticing points in common or in contrast, so finally one can chose properly.