Biology 151: Websites

The CRAAP Criteria:

• Currency
• Relevance
• Authority
• Accuracy
• Purpose

• Scitable
• Scientific American
• ScienceDialy
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Nobel Prize Internet Archive
• Genomic Science Program
• The American Society for Cell Biology
• iBiology

Hopefully by this point in your life you have learned that not all information available online can be trusted. Whether material is intentionally false, or just out-of-date, you need a way to ensure that your online search yields the best, most accurate, and current information.

Learn how to apply the CRAAP test to evaluate a series of websites. Pick ONE website below and use the CRAAP test to evaluate it,

• Aluminum Foil Detector Beanie
• Dog Island
• Tree of Life Web Project
• WormBase
• National Science Foundation
• Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus (Octopus Paxarbolis)
• Genochoice
• Time Travel Mutual Fund
• AmphibiaWeb
• The Royal Society of Biology
• Yoga Kitty
• First Genetics
• GAO on Military Chemical Testing
• Human Test Subjects
• Dihydrogen Monoxide
• Stop Mandatory Vaccination
• Salmon Lab
• Boilerplate: Mechanical Marvel of the Nineteenth Century
• Burmese Mountain Dog
• Taxonomy of Barney
• Microwaves and Mind Control
• The Biology Corner
• Buy Dehydrated Water
• Plants Website
• American Association of Cell Biology
• Protein Databank
• Dr. Egilman on Plutonium Experiments
• Feline Reactions to Bearded Men
• Free Online Pregnancy Test
• Cell Image Library