• It's hard to judge accuracy when the topic is unfamiliar.
  
  
• Inaccurate information can harm your research.
  
  
• The web is full of unproven opinions.
  
  
• Mistakes and rumors are passed along and magnified on the web.
  
  

  July 14, 2004 -- http://www.library.cmu.edu/Services/Tutorials/WebEval/accuracy.html
  Jean Alexander, Head of Hunt Reference, jeana@andrew.cmu.edu
  © 2004 Carnegie Mellon Libraries