Individuals can post their resumes, link to favorite sites, and showcase their interests and ideas. Some personal Web sites also serve as professional sites. For example, many professors publish their syllabi and other course material on their own Web pages. They can be relatively mainstream or radical in interests and vary widely in credibility of information. Information sites - which include research, reference sources, and fact sheets.
Many institutions provide such services to the public.
The credibility of the institution providing the facts gives clues as to the reliability of the information. News and journalistic sites - which include national, international news, online newspapers, magazines. As in print - just because it is published does not necessarily mean it is true. Web serials that do not have ISSN numbers are probably created by entrepreneurs and less authority than other publications. Companies are in the business of making money and acquiring and keeping customers.