• Students are relying more and more on the Internet as their primary source of information
• Study shows students have trouble recognizing trustworthy sources
• Students are not consistently able to differentiate between advertising claims and fact
• Very few students double-check information found on the Internet
• Older students with stronger traditional research skills performed no better than other students
• Greater emphasis placed on finding information than evaluating it

Conclusions consistent with anecdotal feedback

• from my own experiences
• from colleagues

created 18 April 2003 last revised 5 April 2006

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