web site evaluation your guide to quality sources!
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Web Site Evaluation
Your Guide to
QUALITY
Sources!
Determining Criteria – PAC - bccr
• Purpose – why?
• Author - who?
• Content: - what?– Bias– Coverage– Currency– Recognition
Purpose:sell? inform? persuade?
Things to look at:• About this site• About us• Site index• Site map
ProjectVoteSmart example
Determine the Purpose
of these
Web Sites
(fill in your worksheet)
Bookspot
and
Princeton Review at
Author: person or organization responsible for content
Things to ask:• Is organization
reputable?• Does author have
appropriate education, training, and/or experience?
Author: person or organization responsible for content
Things to look at:
• C – copyright symbol• ~ - in url for name • Site documents, linked biographies, resumes
Ex: Handbook of Texas Online
Ex: Focus on the Death Penalty
Determine the Author
of these
Web Sites
(fill in your worksheet)
Eye on DNA
and
Victorian Web at
Content: what type of information is it?
Bias: an unfair preference for; prejudice toward; favoritism;
Coverage: how well it covers the topic & do other sites cover other aspects of this topic?
Currency: When was the material written? Has information been
added recently? Are links functional or broken?
Recognition: Do others recognize the value of its contents?
Content:Bias
For controversial topics:
Balanced (both points of view)?
or
Biased (one-sided)
Are the claims:
Supported? w/documentation/evidence
or
Unproven? No evidence/documentation
Content:Bias
Look for: • References to alternative
points of view.• Strongly worded
assertions, which should be supported by evidence and documentation.
Ex: Nat’l Pork Producers Council Ex:
Public Agenda for Citizens
Determine whetherthese websites are:
Biased? or Balanced?
Supported? or Unproven?(fill in your worksheet)
Angel on Death Rowand
Death Penalty Focus at
Content Coverage: how well it covers
your topic & do other sites cover this topic
Look for:
• Other sites on the same topic that you can quickly browse and compare to your
• This is also a good way to
evaluate controversial claims.
Content Coverage: how well it covers
your topic & do other sites cover this topic
How to Locate Similar Sites:
• You can locate similar sites easily using Google
• In the search box, type:
related:[URL of known site]Example: related:
www.deathpenalty.org
(fill in your worksheet—related sites?)
ContentCurrency: When was the material
written? Has information been added recently? Are links functional or broken?
Things to look for: • Page creation or revision dates. • "What's New" page that
describes when content was updated.
• Press releases or other dated materials.
IPL.org ( fill in your worksheet)
ContentRecognition: Do others recognize the
value of its contents
Things to look for: • Links from other sites- Google –
link:[URL of site]
Use - link:www.deathpenalty.org
• Tags for this site – del.icio.us—look how many bookmarks
(fill in worksheet for these two)
ContentRecognition: Do others recognize the
value of its contents
Things to look for: • Reader’s comments – Technorati —
blogger’s name or name of blog-
# of blogs linking to website• Citations of articles by other researchers:
example using Google.—type in title of article
…Google Scholar – look for..Cited by…
(fill in worksheet)
ContentRecognition: Do others recognize the
value of its contents
Things to look for: • How many sites are linked to these sites?
Using Google Advanced Search see how many sites are linked to these sites?
ipl2 – www.ipl.org
Go Ask Alice – www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
(fill out worksheet)
(fill in worksheet )
May the PAC
be with you!
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