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Evaluating websites: Is it up-to-date?

Tips and strategies to use when looking at how useful individual websites are for research purposes at UWCSEA.

How current is the information in the website?

Is the information current or up-to-date?

People often put webpages up on the Internet, but they are not so good about taking down pages which have old information!

As a result, some webpages given old or out of date information. 

Is there a date on the webpage which created or made, or updated? (This can help you work out the age of the information on the site.)