Authority
*
It is very important to be able to connect the ideas viewed in
a web page to a particular author, organization, or business.
Once you have found out who is responsible for the pages content
you can then move on to see if that person has the credentials
to be trusted on the subject.
*Look
at the domain and url of the page. This will give you additional
information on who is sponsoring the page. If the page is a edu,
org, or gov, but it is also important to note that just because
the page is hosted by an organization, it does not mean the sponsors
is responsible for the content of the page. For example, most
universities will host student and faculty personal web pages
so be sure to carefully evaluate the content.
*Look
for the Author's credentials, is the author of the page qualified
to post a page on this topic. Be wary of pages about research
topics without a stated author or organization. Look for the person's
educational credentials; people who have worked hard to get their
degrees usually will not hesitate in showing them off. Also look
for references to current positions held and pervious work experience.
I know it sounds like you interviewing the person for a job but
its important to see if the person really knows what they are
talking about. Much of the Internet is commercial in use so people
sometimes create pages under the gies of medical research when
their version of medical research is designed to sell a product.
When you have found a really good reference page all of these
points will be easy to find.