Initial Observations:
To get a quick, initial overview of a website, look at information on the website's "About Us" page, including information about authors, publisher, funders, and mission/purpose.
In-Depth Evaluation Strategy:
To dig deeper into the credibility and reliability of a website, you'll need to do more reading and investigating, including:
The video below, from the University of Louisville, discusses "lateral reading", which is a strategy professional fact-checkers use to determine how reliable an online source is.
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