Internet Resource Evaluation

Evaluating online resources as authoritative and reliable sources of information.

Resources in this category:

Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/i...

Guide for researchers examines issues of evaluating authorship, publishing body, point of view or bias, eeferral to other sources, verifiability, and currency. Discusses "the criteria by which scholars in most fields evaluate print information, and shows how the same criteria can be used to assess information found on the Internet."

Evaluating Quality on the Net
http://www.hopetillman.com/findqual.html

This long article compares and contrasts print and Internet information. It evaluates various Internet guides and search engines. Examines "relevance of existing criteria for other formats looking at the continuum of information on the net , Generic criteria for evaluation , The current state of evaluation tools on the net or Evaluating the Evaluators , ... [and] key indicators of 'quality'."

Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Eval...

Answers the question, "Why evaluate Web pages," provides examples of good and bad Web sites and offers a checklist for evaluation, including tips on details such as finding out who owns the domain name.

Evaluating Web Resources
http://www3.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memoria...

Includes checklists for evaluating different kinds of websites: Advocacy, Business/Marketing, News, Informational, and Personal Web Pages. Also includes lecture notes and links to other internet resource evaluation sites.

Evaluating Web Sites for Educational Uses: Bibliography and Checklist
http://its.unc.edu/tl/guides/irg-49.php

This site contains a bibliography of internet evaluation articles online and in print. The page also includes a checklist of questions to ask when evaluating internet sites.

Five Criteria for evaluating Web pages
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webcrit...

Provides a concise set of standards to use when judging the content of a Web page for use in research: accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency and coverage.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html

"An easy to use guide for web evaluation. Lists evaluation criteria with links to actual pages that illustrate each point. The Examples page can be used by teachers for an in-class activity. Also includes a Bibliography and Suggestions for teaching web evaluation."

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Critical Evaluation Surveys for Internet Resources
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.html

A series of surveys designed for use by educators to help their students critically evaluate Web resources. For all grade levels, in English, German, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Includes links to many other evaluation resources.

SEOmoz's Web 2.0 Awards
http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0

Annual awards for Web 2.0 sites that are collected and organized into award categories. Winners and Honorable Mentions are determined by the web's best bloggers, business men and women, and entrepreneurs. SEOmoz is a nonprofit company that provides consulting, Internet marketing and search engine optimization services.

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

This website by a librarian at UCLA College Library is a checklistof questions examining web pages' content, source, date, structure and other aspects. Includes special considerations for academic subjects.