Subject Guides: Reading: Reading Websites

Evaluate Websites

Remember to always evaluate a website before using it for research purposes.

Some criteria for evaluating websites include:

Accuracy
Authority
Coverage
Currency
Objectivity
Purpose

If you have any questions about the quality of a website, ask a librarian for help!

Online Formatting and Citation Tools

Knight Cite Citation Generator Not sure how to cite your source? KnightCite will create an MLA citation for you after you type in the Author, Title, etc.

MLA Formatting and Style Guide The OWL guide from Purdue gives you lots of examples and advice on MLA paper formatting and citation.

Research and Documentation Online (from Hacker Handbooks, Bedford/St. Martin's) Citation information for various disciplines and styles.

Reading Internet Resources

Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS)
The LINCS initiative features on-demand, web-based professional development opportunities; targeted face-to-face training, high-quality resources; and an interactive online learning community.
• Marshall Adult Ed - Reading Skills for Today's Adults - Online Graded Readings
This project was designed to create leveled reading selections that are appropriate for and valued by adult learners. These materials, combined with the research-proven strategies of repeated reading and guided oral reading, aid in building learners' fluency and comprehension skills.
Easy English
Test yourself online in English free! You'll receive answers and marks for each test. Plus we give you easy explanations, and suggest what you need to study. "Question of the Day" gives you a new test every time, or you can choose from "Free English Test" or "Free Personalized Test" at any level. Visit Easy English every day and your English will improve much faster. English is easy at EasyEnglish!
Interactive Reading Games
Check out these fun reading comprehension games. Find an awesome range of free English activities and practice exercises that are perfect for students.
Best of the Reader
Welcome to Best of The Reader, a series of e-books for adult literacy and English as a second language learners. This site has 14 e-books and a teachers’ guides. Each e-book has 8 to 10 stories, and each story has exercises and activities to go with it.The stories, recipes, puzzles, and other material are from past issues of The Westcoast Reader (1982-2009), a newspaper for adults who are improving their English reading skills.
Learning Resources
Learning Resources is designed to help adults improve basic skills like reading and spelling using real-life stories on topics of interest to adults.