The internet has certainly given us an open door to a whole world of information if we know where to find it and an endless myriad of links to get us there. There also seems to be a lot of misinformation out there, too, and wouldn't you know it, no one ever spams me with good, credible information but only the stuff with shock value and stories designed to be emotionally inciting. So how do you know a credible website when you see it? How do you know if the information you read has come from reliable sources? If you use the internet to research topics, do you you ever look for other sources to verify your findings?

If the information is important to me I will always seek other sites of the same type, but not by following links since they may be in league to spread disinformation. I will also respect a site more for giving references or further study material (and may even check the other sources out for reliability.)
Also, in looking for facts I will try to determine if the website is written with emotional tags versus real information.
I consider credentials of the site and what other motives they may have.
But most of all I avoid single source truths unless the topic of interest is low priority or the information given is so in depth and entirely plausible that the writer is obviously in tune with the topic.

Well, considering EVERYthing from shampoo to chewing gum causes cancer or leprosy, I have just locked myself inside my house and live off of powdered water and mini-wheats. Of course, I have developed cancer of the fingertips from the dust inside my keyboard.
...Sorry, tangent. I do that. Anyway, I agree. The majority of the information ("this is true! read it and send it to people you care about!") I get in my email is garbage. Like that one about tampon bleach, or the one about laurylsulfites in my shaving cream... Everything is bad for you.
But, if something genuinely concerns me, I research it before sending it on. The FDA site is great for stuff like that, as is the EPA.

I don't put much faith in sites other than news sites like cnn.com or academic sites. These may be biased, as the evening news or academic publications can be biased, but they're not making things up out of whole cloth.

by looking at the web address you can tell where the information has come from and thus if it is credible or not. Look for org. which means it comes from an organisation, edu. means it comes from an educational department e.g a university and ac.uk an academic institute in the u.k. Hope this helps.

LOL! Considering the amount of BS we swallow whole from TV, Radio, newspapers, magazines, books, our friends, relatives and especially our parents, it amazes me that you would question the Internet!