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Evaluating Web Resources
Modules for evaluating all manner of sites. Includes questions and criteria lists, plus links to example pages for discussion.
http://www.widener.edu/Tools_Resources/Lib...
Cornell University Library - Evaluating Research Materials
Guidance on critical analysis of information sources, distinguishing scholarly and nonscholarly periodicals, and evaluating web sites.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res...
Testing the Surf: Criteria for Evaluating Internet Information Resources
Refereed article written by Alastair Smith which surveys criteria published on the Web and in the print literature and proposes a set of criteria (a toolbox) that can be used by librarians and users to evaluate Internet information sources.
http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v8/n3/smit8n3.ht...
Webserch - Evaluate Web Resources
Guide to assessing the source, the content, and the format of websites, the primary considerations being accuracy, authority, coverage, currency and objectivity. Checklists in HTML and pdf format available.
http://www.clubi.ie/webserch/resources/
Webpage Evaluation for Librarians
Checklist and examples of what to look for, how to think, related links, and examples of deliberately misleading webpages.
http://www.lib.montana.edu/~bcoon/web-eval...
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Critical Evaluation Surveys
A series of website evaluation surveys, one each at the elementary, middle, and secondary school levels, plus many links of website evaluation.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/e...
T is for Thinking
Web site evaluation guide with resources and links.
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/thi...
Evaluating Web Sites
A brief introduction to the World Wide Web as a source of information, and evaluating sites for educational content.
http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~pstohrer/eval.h...
Evaluation of Information Sources
Contains pointers to criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly those on the Internet.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/alastair_smith/...
Evaluating Web Sites for Educational Uses
This site contains a list of articles from librarians and other information specialists on Web evaluations. In addition, a checklist for evaluating a Web site of as a potential education resource is included.
http://www.unc.edu/cit/guides/irg-49.html
ISI Web Site Selection Criteria
Thomson ISI sells a product called "Current Web Contents" which includes, in part, a premium collection of evaluated scholarly Web sites. This is how sites are selected for inclusion, and how they're evaluated.
http://scientific.thomson.com/free/essays/...
Evaluating the Quality of Web Sites
Short page covering some basic points: Who is responsible? Is the URL appropriate? Who do they link to? Who links to them? Use common sense.
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/edtech/evaluate.h...
Lessons Learned: Exemplary Practices in Teaching Web Evaluation
Stategies and resources for teaching students to evaluate Web resources are described here.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/staff/susabeck/checs98...
Evaluating Electronic Resources
Suggested criteria for evaluating Web resources for e-libraries.
http://www.thelearningsite.net/cyberlibrar...
Evaluating Information on the Web
Online tutorial covering authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and coverage.
http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/tu...
The Good, The Bad And The Useless: Evaluating Internet Resources
Judith Edwards discusses three main aspects in the evaluation of Web resources; access, quality, and ease of use.
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue16/digital/
The Quality Information Checklist
Eight ways of checking information on web sites.
http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm
Evaluate your Sources
Checklist for judging reliability of information. Links to other sites about the topic.
http://www.library.vcu.edu/help/evaluate.h...
Consumer WebWatch: How Consumers and Experts Rate Credibility on the Web
More than 2,600 average people were asked to rate the credibility of Web sites in 10 content areas.
http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/dynamic/we...
Evaluating World Wide Web Sites
Instructions for completing a form assessing authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and coverage.
http://www.iona.edu/library/research/wwwev...
University of Alberta Libraries - Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet
Bulleted list of questions to review while checking out a website.
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/crit...
Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet
[Book review.] Web of Deception offers an exposé of the types of chicanery, fraud and misinformation that's all over the Internet and suggests what to do if you get stung by it.
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/art...
Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites
Checklist of content and technical aspects to consider.
http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/criteria/web...
Web Awareness Canada
Introduction to a program which provides resources about Internet Literacy for teachers, parents and librarians.
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/spec...
Evaluating Web Sites
Seeks to provide the necessary guidelines to use to determine the quality and accuracy of the information found on the World Wide Web. A document from the University of Maryland libraries.
http://www.lib.umd.edu/UES/evaluate.html
Consumer WebWatch
Consumers WebWatch, a project of Consumers Union, publishes research and journalism on credibility issues that matter to consumers, and recommends Web-wide guidelines to address widespread problems of credibility and trust.
http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/
Evaluating Quality
Questions to ask and tips for looking for authoritative information on the internet.
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/quality.htm...
Evaluating Internet Resources
Bullet point notes of strategies and factors to consider when evaluating resources.
http://library.albany.edu/internet/evaluat...
The Internet Guide to Construction of Quality Online Resources
By Dr. T.Matthew Ciolek. Online resources relevant for evaluation, development and administration of high quality factual/scholarly networked information systems.
http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-InfoQuality.ht...
Misinformation Through the Internet
2001 academic conference proceedings; includes summaries (abstracts) of the accepted papers.
http://www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk/conferences/...
Teaching Zack to Think
Article written by Alan November for the September 1998 High School Principal Magazine.
http://www.anovember.com/articles/zack.htm...
Cal Poly State University - Information Competence Tutorials
Nine tutorials provide guidance and practical exercises on information competence.
http://multiweb.lib.calpoly.edu/infocomp/m...
The Web Credibility Project
Part of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, their goal is to understand what leads people to believe what they find on the Web. With information, papers, and related links.
http://credibility.stanford.edu/
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask
Includes checklist form (PDF) that can be used to analyze web sites and pages.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Gu...
Resource Evaluation for BIOME
Detailed criteria used for selecting resources for this UK guide to biomedical information.
http://biome.ac.uk/guidelines/eval/
National Network of Libaries of Medicine - Evaluating Health Web Sites
Jana Allcock gives tips on judging the accuracy and validity of health information found using the internet.
http://nnlm.gov/scr/conhlth/evalsite.htm
How To Evaluate A Web Site
Checklists and sample sites, from LLRX.com.
http://www.llrx.com/features/webeval.htm
Five Criteria For Evaluating Web Pages
Discusses accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency and coverage.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/re...
HealthWeb Selection Methodology & Guidelines
An outline designed to provide HealthWeb participants uniform guidelines for selecting resources to be added to that directory.
http://healthweb.org/guidelines.cfm
Producing Quality Web Page Content
Article explains how to give a web page content the mark of quality. Conversely, it helps point out what to look for in a quality site.
http://www.walthowe.com/pubweb/qcontent/qc...
Searchpath. WNEC Library Tutorial
Tutorial to help learn how to find and critically evaluate information resources. Sponsored by Western Michigan University Libraries.
http://wwwmail.wnec.edu/library/
Web Page Evaluation Worksheet
Checklist used to grade web sites.
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/evaluatin...
Checklist for the Evaluation of Information
Printable form with hyperlinks to explanations of the criteria used, namely authority, content and scope, design and functionality.
http://www3.baylor.edu/~Billie_Peterson/ch...
Evaluating Internet Research Sources
Guidelines for evaluating Internet sources, including a checklist to help assure credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and supported claims.
http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm
Johns Hopkins University Library - Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
Detailed list of considerations.
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/ge...
10 C's For Evaluating Internet Sources
Criteria to consider when evaluating Internet resources.
http://www.uwec.edu/library/Guides/tencs.h...
Evaluating Web Resources
Concepts and questions to consider when looking at websites as a source of information.
http://libweb.sonoma.edu/assistance/eval.h...
Getting It Right: Verifying Sources on the Net
LLRX.com article providing strategies and tools to assist in evaluating Website content.
http://www.llrx.com/features/verifying.htm
Web Searching, Web Page Evaluation, and Research Strategies
A guide to Web research and evaluation strategies, written for first year rhetoric and composition students.
http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/res...
Choice Framework
Developed to evaluate the quality of health-related websites aimed primarily at online health consumers. Evaluation criteria fall under the headings of Credibility, Content, Disclosure, Links, Design, Interactivity, Caveats and Differentiation.
http://www.geocities.com/choiceframework/
Six Quests for The Electronic Grail: Current Approaches to Information Quality in WWW Resources
T. Matthew Ciolek reviews programming, procedural, structuring, bibliographical, evaluative and finally, organisational approaches to the quality of online information.
http://www.ciolek.com/PAPERS/six-quests199...
An Educators' Guide to Credibility and Web Evaluation
Paper/course written in 1999 with a 2002 update. Covers why evaluate, methods of evaluation, and why and how to teach it in the schools.
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/credibility/inde...
UCLA College Library: Thinking Critically about WWW Resources
Teaches the user how to think critically about World Wide Web resources.
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/coll...
Viewing Results and Evaluating Quality
Questions and criteria to cover. Part of a larger tutorial on effective web searching for college students, written by a research librarian.
http://library.curtin.edu.au/staff/persona...
Evaluating Quality on the Net
Criteria and indicators for evaluating information found on sites, their quality, and reliability.
http://www.hopetillman.com/findqual.html
Information Quality
Sections on gaining full access to materials which may be censored, understanding how to search, and evaluating what is found using the internet.
http://ils.unc.edu/~fents/310/
Web Page Evaluation
Provides a checklist and links to related materials.
http://www.hu.mtu.edu/teachtech/search2.ht...
Critically Analyzing Information Sources
Principles applicable to physical information sources as well as web-based ones.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/re...
Emory MedWeb: Guidelines for inclusion of sites in MedWeb
Five criteria used by Medweb to build their directory.
http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/history...
Research Edge: Evaluate Information
Tutorial from the University of Wollongong Library.
http://www.library.uow.edu.au/helptraining...
Publishers Wanted, No Experience Necessary: Information Quality on the Web
Research librarian elaborates on five characteristics of superior web sites: timeliness, expediency, accuracy, objectivity, and authenticity
http://www.llrx.com/columns/quality.htm
Librarians' Index to the Internet - Selection Criteria
Describes how sites are chosen for listing in lii.org.
http://lii.org/search/file/pubcriteria
Consumer Reports WebWatch - Leap of Faith: Using the Internet Despite the Dangers
Results of a national survery of internet users covering internet user behaviors and opinions related to various categories of websites. [Followup to a 2002 survey covering similar questions]
http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/dynamic/we...
Web-Based Information in the Context of Higher Education
Scholarly paper argues that higher education students are naïve about the problem of misinformation, believe they can identify it, and do not make extra effort to check the sources of their information. Discusses sources and causes of misinformation and how it can be combatted.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/pdfs/17308cb...
Consumer Reports: e-Ratings - What We Look For
Expectations for site credibility, usability, and content.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/erating...
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
Learn how to evaluate information sources by doing the following exercise.
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/coll...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
Contains evaluation criteria with examples that can be used by educators. Gives suggestions for successful Internet assignments.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html
Resource Selection and Information Evaluation
Three questions to answer while evaluating information and resources.
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~janicke/Evalua...
Tips for Evaluating Websites (Ohio ESL)
A few search techniques, using engines like Google, that you can use to check the authority of a website.
http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/help/evalTips.htm...
Yahooligans! - Evaluating Web Sites
Guide to evaluating sites by the "Four A's" - Accessible, Accurate, Appropriate, and Appealing.
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/tg/evaluating...
Better Read That Again: Web Hoaxes and Misinformation
Categorizes problematic sites and gives many examples of each type. Ends with a section which points to sites which give people accurate information as well as warnings about hoaxes and half-true stories.
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/sep00/pi...
UBC Library - Criteria for Evaluating Internet Resources
Checklist with "So What?" buttons to clarify why you'd want to have an answer to the various questions.
http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/evaluating/
WWW Cyberguides
Created by a library media specialist, contains guides for rating the curriculum content and graphic design of web sites.
http://www.cyberbee.com/guides.html
Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet
Checklists, instructions, tools and links to legal and factual research.
http://www.virtualchase.com/quality/
Information Quality WWW Virtual Library - Evaluation of Information Sources
Large annotated and hyperlinked list of pointers to criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly those on the Internet. Maintained by Alastair Smith.
http://www2.vuw.ac.nz/staff/alastair_smith...
Using a Web Site With Your Classes
Looks at what teachers need consider before sharing a web site with students in their classrooms.
http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/web_...
Internet Detective
A free online tutorial designed to help students develop the critical thinking required for their Internet research, produced by the University of Bristol and Manchester Metropolitan University.
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/
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