The most important factor when evaluating Web sites is your search, your needs.
Scholarly sources are traditionally very strongly text-based.
Compare the appearance and the content of an academic journal with a popular magazine. Color graphics appeared on the New York Times Web site before they appeared in the printed New York Times, for instance. Compare the Web versions of Mississippi Review , literary magazine, The New York Times , U. S. News and World Report known online as U.S. News , and the National Enquirer . Webliography Alexander, Janet E. and Marsha A. Tate. Evaluating Internet-based Information.