Evaluating Web Sites

Evaluating Web Sites
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html
What are you using the Web for? Entertainment? Academic work? Hobbies or vocational interests? This site discusses the differences and gives some checklists to follow.

Cornell University
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webcrit.html
This is an easy to read chart listing 5 criteria for evaluating sites and an explanation for each.

Center for Instructional Technology
http://its.unc.edu/tl/guides/irg-49.php
This is a gateway to many sites which supply information about evaluating websites.

Critical Evaluation Information
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html
With this site at your fingertips, you don't need other sites. There is so much information here about websites, there is probably no where else to go. But just in case---

CSU Fullerton
http://library.fullerton.edu/
There is a great deal of information at this site. Under Research click on "How do I..."Six criteria for evaluating web pages is on the left side. If you attend Cal State Fullerton this is a great source.

Evaluating Web Pages
http://www.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/659/
This site has evaluation criteria for different types of web pages such as advocacy pages, business and marketing, news pages and more. 

Teaching Students to effectively Use the Internet

http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/tlc/resources/teach.html
This is a good overview of all of the concepts of web site evaluation and searching. There are links to sites for students to evaluate, using the criteria given.

Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/

UC Berkeley
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
A tutorial to use to practice.

 

Last updated: 12.19.2006
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