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Producing Quality Web Page Content 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.walthowe.com/pubweb/qcontent/qcontent.html National Network of Libaries of Medicine - Evaluating Health Web Sites 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://nnlm.gov/scr/conhlth/evalsite.htm Evaluating World Wide Web Sites Evaluating World Wide Web Sites: Instructions for completing a form assessing authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and coverage. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.iona.edu/library/research/wwweval.htm Testing the Surf: Criteria for Evaluating Internet Information Resources 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v8/n3/smit8n3.html Evaluating Internet Resources Evaluating Internet Resources: Bullet point notes of strategies and factors to consider when evaluating resources. (Web Site Evaluation) http://library.albany.edu/internet/evaluate.html Webpage Evaluation for Librarians Webpage Evaluation for Librarians: Checklist and examples of what to look for, how to think, related links, and examples of deliberately misleading webpages. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.lib.montana.edu/~bcoon/web-eval.html Emory MedWeb: Guidelines for inclusion of sites in MedWeb Emory MedWeb: Guidelines for inclusion of sites in MedWeb: Five criteria used by Medweb to build their directory. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/history.htm Consumer WebWatch 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/ Using a Web Site With Your Classes Using a Web Site With Your Classes: Looks at what teachers need consider before sharing a web site with students in their classrooms. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/web_classes/ University of Alberta Libraries - Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet University of Alberta Libraries - Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet: Bulleted list of questions to review while checking out a website. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/criticalevaluation/ Research Edge: Citing and Evaluating the Internet Research Edge: Citing and Evaluating the Internet: Tutorial from the University of Wollongong Library. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.library.uow.edu.au/helptraining/tutorials/resedge/05/citeeval/index.html WWW Cyberguides WWW Cyberguides: Created by a library media specialist, contains guides for rating the curriculum content and graphic design of web sites. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.cyberbee.com/guides.html Evaluating Web Sites for Educational Uses 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.unc.edu/cit/guides/irg-49.html Webserch - Evaluate Web Resources 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.clubi.ie/webserch/resources/ Cornell University Library - Evaluating Research Materials Cornell University Library - Evaluating Research Materials: Guidance on critical analysis of information sources, distinguishing scholarly and nonscholarly periodicals, and evaluating web sites. (Web Site Evaluation) http://campusgw.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/evaluating/index.html Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask: Includes checklist form (PDF) that can be used to analyze web sites and pages. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html UBC Library - Criteria for Evaluating Internet Resources 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/evaluating/ Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Critical Evaluation Surveys 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html Web Searching, Web Page Evaluation, and Research Strategies Web Searching, Web Page Evaluation, and Research Strategies: A guide to Web research and evaluation strategies, written for first year rhetoric and composition students. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/ The Quality Information Checklist The Quality Information Checklist: Eight ways of checking information on web sites. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm Web Page Evaluation Web Page Evaluation: Provides a checklist and links to related materials. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.hu.mtu.edu/teachtech/search2.htm Consumer Reports: e-Ratings - What We Look For Consumer Reports: e-Ratings - What We Look For: Expectations for site credibility, usability, and content. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.consumerreports.org/main/detailv2.jsp?WebLogicSession=P9VN6U9v2ZeILeW6GjX2zjTIBlAwQRt3o1TP0qE0ashSj3EbU9uG%7C4394362522231317306/169937904/6/7005/7005/7002/7002/7005/-1%7C2869650293279058925/169937910/6/7005/7005/7002/7002/7005/-1&CONTENT%3 An Educators' Guide to Credibility and Web Evaluation 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/credibility/index.html Librarians' Index to the Internet - Selection Criteria Librarians' Index to the Internet - Selection Criteria: Describes how sites are chosen for listing in lii.org. (Web Site Evaluation) http://lii.org/search/file/pubcriteria T is for Thinking T is for Thinking: Web site evaluation guide with resources and links. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html Six Quests for The Electronic Grail: Current Approaches to Information Quality in WWW Resources 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.ciolek.com/PAPERS/six-quests1996.html Evaluate your Sources Evaluate your Sources: Checklist for judging reliability of information. Links to other sites about the topic. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.library.vcu.edu/help/evaluate.html Better Read That Again: Web Hoaxes and Misinformation 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/sep00/piper.htm Cal Poly State University - Information Competence Tutorials Cal Poly State University - Information Competence Tutorials: Nine tutorials provide guidance and practical exercises on information competence. (Web Site Evaluation) http://multiweb.lib.calpoly.edu/infocomp/modules/index.html Caught in the Web Caught in the Web: A journalist's guide to web searches. Covers when to use the library, obstacles to finding what you need on the web (including unreliable information), tips for searching, and links to content-rich sites. (Web Site Evaluation) http://newslink.org/web/ Contentbank.org - The Search for High-Quality Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Communities: Evaluating and Producing What's Needed Contentbank.org - The Search for High-Quality Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Communities: Evaluating and Producing What's Needed: Research and recommendations to encourage the creation of low-barrier content and the careful evaluation of existing content to ensure that low-income and underserved individuals find a wide array of the online resources they want most. An Issue Brief a (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.contentbank.org/addition_research.asp Evaluating Information on the Web Evaluating Information on the Web: Online tutorial covering authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and coverage. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/tutorials/webeval/intro.html Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide! Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!: Learn how to evaluate information sources by doing the following exercise. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/hoax/index.htm Web-Based Information in the Context of Higher Education 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 an (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.emeraldinsight.com/pdfs/17308cb2.pdf Information Quality WWW Virtual Library - Evaluation of Information Sources 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www2.vuw.ac.nz/staff/alastair_smith/evaln/evaln.htm Resource Evaluation for BIOME Resource Evaluation for BIOME: Detailed criteria used for selecting resources for this UK guide to biomedical information. (Web Site Evaluation) http://biome.ac.uk/guidelines/eval/ Five Criteria For Evaluating Web Pages Five Criteria For Evaluating Web Pages: Discusses accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency and coverage. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/webcrit.html Evaluating Quality Evaluating Quality: Questions to ask and tips for looking for authoritative information on the internet. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/quality.html Misinformation Through the Internet Misinformation Through the Internet: 2001 academic conference proceedings; includes summaries (abstracts) of the accepted papers. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk/conferences/ccsrconf/ethicomp2001/abstracts/vedder.html Critically Analyzing Information Sources Critically Analyzing Information Sources: Principles applicable to physical information sources as well as web-based ones. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill26.htm Evaluating Web Resources Evaluating Web Resources: Concepts and questions to consider when looking at websites as a source of information. (Web Site Evaluation) http://libweb.sonoma.edu/assistance/eval.html Getting It Right: Verifying Sources on the Net Getting It Right: Verifying Sources on the Net: LLRX.com article providing strategies and tools to assist in evaluating Website content. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.llrx.com/features/verifying.htm Evaluating Quality on the Net Evaluating Quality on the Net: Criteria and indicators for evaluating information found on sites, their quality, and reliability. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.hopetillman.com/findqual.html Publishers Wanted, No Experience Necessary: Information Quality on the Web 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 (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.llrx.com/columns/quality.htm Duke University Library - Evaluating Web Pages Duke University Library - Evaluating Web Pages: Annotated checklist. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/evaluating_web.htm The Good, The Bad And The Useless: Evaluating Internet Resources 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue16/digital/ Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2160991 UCLA College Library: Thinking Critically about WWW Resources UCLA College Library: Thinking Critically about WWW Resources: Teaches the user how to think critically about World Wide Web resources. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm Evaluation of Information Sources Evaluation of Information Sources: Contains pointers to criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly those on the Internet. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/alastair_smith/evaln/evaln.htm 10 C's For Evaluating Internet Sources 10 C's For Evaluating Internet Sources: Criteria to consider when evaluating Internet resources. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.uwec.edu/library/Guides/tencs.html Viewing Results and Evaluating Quality 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://lisweb.curtin.edu.au/staff/personal/gwpersonal/searchtut/eval.html Evaluating Electronic Resources Evaluating Electronic Resources: Suggested criteria for evaluating Web resources for e-libraries. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.thelearningsite.net/cyberlibrarian/elibraries/eval.html Web Page Evaluation Checklist Web Page Evaluation Checklist: PDF document intended to be printed to use as a quick tool for page evaluation. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/EvalForm.pdf Teaching Zack to Think Teaching Zack to Think: Article written by Alan November for the September 1998 High School Principal Magazine. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.anovember.com/articles/zack.html Tips for Evaluating Websites (Ohio ESL) 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/help/evalTips.html Web Awareness Canada Web Awareness Canada: Introduction to a program which provides resources about Internet Literacy for teachers, parents and librarians. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/special_initiatives/web_awareness/index.cfm Choice Framework 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.geocities.com/choiceframework/ Evaluating Web Sites 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.lib.umd.edu/UES/evaluate.html ISI Web Site Selection Criteria 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.isinet.com/essays/selectionofmaterialforcoverage/23.html/ Evaluating the Quality of Web Sites 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.life.uiuc.edu/edtech/evaluate.html Johns Hopkins University Library - Evaluating Internet information Johns Hopkins University Library - Evaluating Internet information: Detailed list of considerations. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.library.jhu.edu/elp/useit/evaluate/ Consumer WebWatch: How Consumers and Experts Rate Credibility on the Web 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/news/report3_credibilityresearch/stanfordPTL_abstract.htm Checklist for the Evaluation of Information Checklist for the Evaluation of Information: Printable form with hyperlinks to explanations of the criteria used, namely authority, content and scope, design and functionality. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www3.baylor.edu/~Billie_Peterson/checklist.html Searchpath. WNEC Library Tutorial Searchpath. WNEC Library Tutorial: Tutorial to help learn how to find and critically evaluate information resources. Sponsored by Western Michigan University Libraries. (Web Site Evaluation) http://wwwmail.wnec.edu/library/ Don't Believe Everything You Read: Ideas for Reading Critically Don't Believe Everything You Read: Ideas for Reading Critically: Short pdf file. Suggestions for evaluating anything you read. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/pdf/critical-reading.pdf The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites: Checklist of content and technical aspects to consider. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/criteria/web.asp How To Evaluate A Web Site How To Evaluate A Web Site: Checklists and sample sites, from LLRX.com. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.llrx.com/features/webeval.htm The Web Credibility Project 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://credibility.stanford.edu/ Exemplary Practices in Teaching Web Evaluation Exemplary Practices in Teaching Web Evaluation: Presentation given in 1998. Covers why evaluation of web resources is necessary, and gives criteria for scrutinizing web materials. Provides links to many related and supporting sites. (Web Site Evaluation) http://lib.nmsu.edu/staff/susabeck/checs98.html Resource Selection and Information Evaluation Resource Selection and Information Evaluation: Three questions to answer while evaluating information and resources. (Web Site Evaluation) http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~janicke/Evaluate.html Evaluating Credibility of Information Evaluating Credibility of Information: An essay that considers peer review, author's credentials, writing style, and plausibility of information. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.rbs0.com/credible.pdf HealthWeb Selection Methodology & Guidelines HealthWeb Selection Methodology & Guidelines: An outline designed to provide HealthWeb participants uniform guidelines for selecting resources to be added to that directory. (Web Site Evaluation) http://healthweb.org/guidelines.cfm Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet: Checklists, instructions, tools and links to legal and factual research. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.virtualchase.com/quality/ Online Technomonitor - What is Credible Information? Online Technomonitor - What is Credible Information?: Article by Donald T. Hawkins, September 1999. Compares "traditional" vs. web publishing and notes how the lack of a review process for web materials can lead to problems for the unwary. Has a site evaluation checklist and an additional reading (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.infotoday.com/online/OL1999/technomonitor9.html Information Quality 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://ils.unc.edu/~fents/310/ Internet Detective Internet Detective: An interactive tutorial on evaluating the quality of internet resources. (Web Site Evaluation) http://sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html The Internet Guide to Construction of Quality Online Resources 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. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-InfoQuality.html Web Page Evaluation Worksheet Web Page Evaluation Worksheet: Checklist used to grade web sites. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.duke.edu/~de1/evaluate.html Evaluating Internet Research Sources Evaluating Internet Research Sources: Guidelines for evaluating Internet sources, including a checklist to help assure credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and supported claims. (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm Yahooligans! - Evaluating Web Sites Yahooligans! - Evaluating Web Sites: Guide to evaluating sites by the "Four A's" - Accessible, Accurate, Appropriate, and Appealing. (Web Site Evaluation) http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/tg/evaluatingwebsites.html Centre for Health Information Quality (CHIQ) - Quality Standards Centre for Health Information Quality (CHIQ) - Quality Standards: CHIQ is a development agency working to raise standards in health information for the public. Here are two sets of their guidelines. The first is for those producing health information (producers guidelines); the second is for those reviewing health inf (Web Site Evaluation) http://www.hfht.org/chiq/quality.htm