This association also made me look afresh at Yahoo as a resource for women. Their response time was a bit sluggish as well, but Yahoo is a popular site and such is the result of success. The following guidelines standardize and organize some criteria for website evaluation. Email subscription information is available at the Virtual Library site mentioned immediately above. Not to monger unreasonable fears, but the Web is a disturbingly perfect venue for hoaxes and for the fast and wide distribution of misinformation or plagiarized material.
Questions regarding authority and authenticity can require some challenging detective work.
Neither site offers a wide range of women's material, but this can change. In both cases, the names and qualifications of the people doing the evaluating and selecting are available on the site. Reference librarians are notorious for responding to a query with more queries. Every time a person asks if I consider something a reliable source, I must ask how they intend to use it. The World Wide Web is not an appropriate source for many research needs, nor is it the best.