Links to Examples of Various Concepts
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Links to Sites/Pages Which Can Be Used to Discuss Authority and Accuracy
OncoLink (http://oncolink.upenn.edu)
Tobacco Control Archives (http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/index.html)
WWW.CIOLEK.COM Asia Pacific Research Online (http://www.ciolek.com)
The Onion (http://www.theonion.com)
Dihydrogen Monoxide (http://www.dhmo.org)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (http://www.ushmm.org)
Institute for Historical Review (http://www.ihr.org)
Links to Sites/Pages Which Can Be Used to Discuss Objectivity
The National Right to Life Committee (http://www.nrlc.org)
NARAL (National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League) (http://www.naral.org)
Consumer Reports Online (http://www.consumerreports.org)
BeefNutrition.org (http://www.beefnutrition.org)
Links to Sites/Pages Which Can Be Used to Discuss Currency and Coverage
USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com)
Roget's Thesaurus (http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition (http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html
CNN (htp://www.cnn.com)
Links to Sites/Pages Which Can Be Used to Discuss Additional Evaluation Challenges Presented by the Web
Marketing Oriented Web Pages (Blending Advertising and Entertainment or Information)
No Smoke Home Page (http://www.smokefreekids.com/)
Melatonin Central (http://www.melatonin.com)
The "Alternative" White House (http://www.whitehouse.net)
The Official White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov)
Chips Ahoy (http://www.chipsahoy.com)
Joe Boxer (http://www.joeboxer.com)
Sites Which May Require Additional Software to View Selected Pages
Federal Tax Forms (http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html)
Examples of the Various Types of Web Pages
Advocacy Web Pages
Physicians for Social Responsibility (http://www.psr.org)
The National Anti-Vivisection Society (http://www.navs.org)
Business/Marketing Web Pages
Lands' End Direct Merchants (http://www.landsend.com/)
General Motors (http://gm.com)
Informational Web Pages
Environmental Protection Agency (http://www.epa.gov)
OncoLink (http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu)
Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library (http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Buddhism.html)
Smithsonian Institution (http://www.si.edu)
News Web Pages
washingtonpost.com (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
Philadelphia Online (http://www.phillynews.com)
Wall Street Journal (http://www.wsj.com)
Personal Web Pages
Timothy Burke's Home Page (http://weblog.swarthmore.edu/burke)