Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages An Arvada High School Guide
Jan 02, 2016
Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
An Arvada High School Guide
Quick Write
1. When you need to research a topic for school, where do you look for your information?
2. When on the internet looking for information, how do you evaluate websites?
ACCURACY
Are sources of information/factual data listed and available for cross-checking?
Do they accurately cite all information and provide links?
AUTHORITY
Who wrote the page? Is this person qualified?Is the publisher qualified to publish this document?Who is responsible for the page?Where is the document published? Check the URL.
.gov
.net
.com
.edu
.mil
.org
OBJECTIVITY
What goals/objectives does this page meet?What opinions are being expressed? Is it a mask for advertising?Determine the purpose and audience.
CURRENCY
When was it produced?When was it last updated?Are the links current and active?Is all the information current?
COVERAGE
Are there relevant, active, helpful links?Is the navigation within the website clear?Is the topic covered completely?Can you access all information with your given software?
"The True but Little Known Facts about Women and AIDS" and more..."The True but Little Known Facts about Women and AIDS "http://147.129.226.1/library/research/AIDSFACTS.htm
"The Spaghetti Tree" http://www.suite101.com/pages/article_old.cfm/bulbs_and_plants/90437
"Jacopo di Poggibonsi" http://www.umich.edu/~engtt516/index2.html
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Compare these two .org cites.
http://www.thekingcenter.org/
http://martinlutherking.org/
OK, so what about Wikipedia?
Steven Colbert: Wikiality http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/72347/july-31-2006/the-word---wikiality
Then where do I look?
Databases! An introduction to Jeffco Public Library's databases
is coming soon.
Works Cited
Alenander, Jan, and Marsha Tate. "Evaluating Website
Content." Study Guides and Stratagies. 1996. Web. 22
Feb 2010. <http://www.studygs.net/evaluate.htm>.
"Evaluating Websites." Lesley University Library. 03/12/2007.
Lesley University, Web. 22 Feb 2010.
<http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/research/evaluating_web.html>.
Kapoun, Jim. "Five Criteria for Evaluative Web Pages."
Cornell University Library. 1998. Orlin & Uris Libraries, Web. 22 Feb 2010.
<http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webcrit.html>.