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Spangenburg, Ray , Moser, Kit

Savvy Surfing on the Internet: Searching and Evaluating Web Sites

112 pp. | Enslow | November, 2001 | Library ISBN 0-7660-1590-4 $$20.95

(4) YA Issues in Focus series. In this survey of online information-gathering, readers are reminded that Internet sites can often have a hidden agenda, can give personal anecdotes the imprimatur of universal truth, or may simply be wrong. The text, which includes some conflicting statistics, encourages skepticism and offers advice on how to detect misinformation. Many of the black-and-white photos are only superficially relevant. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta