Web Page Evaluation Checklist
Title of Page you re evaluating1. Look at the URL: /
Personal page or site? Site / - or %, of users, members, or people 248,889
What type of domain is it? Stormfront Inc.
Appropriate for the content? No / Com org/netedu gov/mil/us
non-US ______
other
Published by entity that makes sense? No
Does it correspond to the name of the site? No / Publisher of Domain Name entity
Stormfront Inc.
Scan the perimeter of page, looking for answers to these questions
Who wrote the page? Stormfront Inc / E-mailName:Dated? No / Date ____None______Current enough
Credentials on this subject? None
(Truncate back the URL is not useful links) / Evidence?
Communist view on the subject of Martin Luther King Jr.
Look for these indicators of quality
Source well documented? / NoComplete? If 2nd hand information, is it not altered or forged? / 2nd hand information that is altered
Links to more resources? Do they work? / Some work, others don’t
Other viewpoints? Bias? / Very Bias
What do others say?
Who links to it? Wikipedia, Free Republic, etc.Hint: in Google search. Link:all.or.part.of.url / Many or few? 173
Opinions of it? Biased, not very good reviews, communist view on Martin Luther King Jr.
Is the page rated well in a directory?
or or / No, not at all in fact it isn’t even rated
Look up the author in Google
Does it all add up? / It all adds up I mean the author is a communist group
Why was the page put on the Web? / Inform, facts, data Explain Persuade Sell EnticeShare/disclose
Other:
Possibly ironic? Satire or parody? / Mostly Satire
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?
This page is a perfect example of biased information and what not to use when trying to find facts on a certain subject. After going through the website it was easy to tell just by how it was set up and the fact that certain links didn’t work that it wasn’t a reliable source at all. This website was meant to share a communist view on the subject of Martin Luther King Jr. and that is it.
The Teaching Library, University of California, Berkeley
Web Page Evaluation Checklist
Title of Page you re evaluating1. Look at the URL: /
Personal page or site? Site / - or %, of users, members, or people 44%
What type of domain is it? News Source
Appropriate for the content? Yes / Comorg/net edu gov/mil/us
non-US ______
other
Published by entity that makes sense? Yes
Does it correspond to the name of the site? Yes / Publisher of Domain Name entity
Seattle Times
Scan the perimeter of page, looking for answers to these questions
Who wrote the page? / E-mail Name: Seattle Times CompanyDated? 2007 / Date ______2007______Current enough Yes
Credentials on this subject? Yes
(Truncate back the URL is not useful links) / Evidence?
lii.org ranks this site very high
Look for these indicators of quality
Source well documented? / YesComplete? If 2nd hand information, is it not altered or forged? / Good information, seems very reliable
Links to more resources? Do they work? / Yes, and they all work
Other viewpoints? Bias? / Mainly just facts, no viewpoints
What do others say?
Who links to it? Flickr, Google, Wikipedia, ask, etc.Hint: in Google search. Link:all.or.part.of.url / Many or few? 14,638
Opinions of it? Very well laid out, with a lot of good information and ranked very well in lii.org
Is the page rated well in a directory?
or or / Rated very well, one of the top 10
Look up the author in Google
Does it all add up? / Yes
Why was the page put on the Web? / Inform, facts, data Explain Persuade Sell Entice Share/disclose
Other:
Possibly ironic? Satire or parody? / Mainly Just Facts
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?
This website is a great example of what to look for when you need facts to back up your opinions or just need to learn about a certain subject. It is also ranked very well on reliable sources that rank pages and it has links that work and the layout is very professional all pointing the way to a good source!
The Teaching Library, University of California, Berkeley