|
Title
of the page you are evaluating:
|
|
1. Look at
the URL: |
|
|
Personal
page or site? |
□ ~ or
%, or users, members, or people |
|
What type
of domain is it? Appropriate for the content? |
□.com
□.org/net
□.edu
□.gov/mil/us
□non-US:
_____ □other:___________ |
|
Published
by entity that makes sense?
Does it
correspond to the name of the site? |
Publisher or
Domain Name entity: |
|
2. Scan
the perimeter of the page, looking for answers to these questions: |
|
Who wrote
the page? |
□ email □
name: ____________________
|
|
Is it
dated? |
Date:
________ Current enough? |
|
Credentials on this subject? |
Evidence:
|
|
3. Look
for these indicators of quality: |
|
Sources
well documented? |
|
|
Complete?
If
second-hand information, is it altered, forged or identical to original? |
|
|
Links to
more resources?
Do they
work? |
|
|
Other
viewpoints? Bias? |
|
|
4. What do
others say? |
|
Who links
to it?
Ask a
librarian or teacher how to check this. |
Many or
few? Opinions of it? |
|
Is the
page rated well in a directory?
http://lii.org /
http://informine.urc.edu /
http://about.com |
|
|
Look up
the author in Google: |
|
|
5. Does it
all add up? |
|
Why was
the page put on the Web? |
□Inform,
facts, data
□Explain
□Persuade
□Sell
□Entice
□Share/disclose
Other: |
|
Possibly
ironic?
Satire or
parody? |
|
|
6. BOTTOM
LINE: |
|
Is the web
page as good as (or better than) what you could find in journal articles
or other published literature that is not on the free, general web? |
|
