Linking to External Sites Courses linking to external websites are evaluated according to their stability, reliability and expected sustainability. For example, the Library of Congress website is a reliable site that is not expected to disappear any time in the near future. The content on the site is reliable and one can expect that the link will remain intact. All external links are monitored and periodically checked for reliability and continued functionality. Web sites come and go every day.
Some sites exist only on an individual's server.
Access to these sites and their sustainability and functionality can not be ensured. In most cases permission to link to an external site should be procured. Other than large government or institutional sites, many websites can not sustain large numbers of unexpected hits to their servers. Additionally, if someone has worked to create an excellent web resource, they would like to know that others are utilizing it. If access is a problem, an individual may allow you to post specific resources directly to your course.