Evaluation of information sources on the internet: evaluating NUPILL/UFSC site

Abstract

This article presents some criteria for evaluating sources of information, above all on the internet, extracted from the recent literature in the areas of Communication Sciences and Production Engineering. Describes significant transformations that have occurred in the way that man constructs and disseminate knowledge, actions that are directly connected with the sources of information, which in turn are linked to scientific and technological development. Makes evident the necessity of information sources evaluation in the current society that, stimulated by the rapid development of information and communication technologies, find itself involved by an immeasurable quantity of information and sources available on the net. Presents an evaluation made on the site and information sources of NUPILL/UFSC, based on criteria extracted from the literature. It is evidenced that the site and its information sources evaluated in this article are predominantly adequate, according to the models of criteria chosen by the authors as the most complete.