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Evaluating Online Information
Laney College LibraryAnn Buchalter, MLIS
Part 1: Help Google help you! Locating Academically Acceptable websites.
Part 2: Apply evaluative criteria (Website Evaluation Form) to website you want to use as a source.
Today you are going to learn how to:
Part 1: Help Google help YOU!
Google Search Tips…
Limit search to specific domains:.edu (educational).gov (government).org (non-profit organizations)
Limit search to specific file types:filetype: pdf filetype: doc
What’s in a (domain) name…
.com – commercial (for profit) entities
.org – nonprofit entities
.edu – educational institutions
.gov – federal government agencies
.mil – US military
.int – international organizations
State or Country of origin .de - Germany .ca.us – California, US .ca - Canada
Use Google Advanced Search Option
Breakdown of a URL:
http://www.stanford.edu/~ccarson/articles/am_left.htm
http:// is the protocol or access methodwww.stanford.edu is the domain or host name.edu is the top level domain~ccarson/articles/am_left.htm is the directory
path folder on the domain computer
Part 2: Evaluate, evaluate, evaluate…
DomainAppearance SponsorRelevanceAuthority
Web Page Evaluation Criteria
DOMAIN NAME
1. Domain-some are more “trustworthy” than others…
2. Web Site Title
3. Access Date- this is the date YOU found it
Criteria #1
“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.”
not good
Criteria #2 APPEARANCE (part 1)
1. Is there a lot advertising on the site?
2. Does the site look professionally done?
3. Are there any noticeable spelling or grammatical errors?
Criteria #2 APPEARANCE (part 2)
1. Check the links—working? relevant to the page?
2. Has web page has been updated recently?
Criteria #3: SPONSOR
1. Who is paying to put this site on the internet?
2. About Us/Contact Us page?
3. If the web page is located on a specific organization’s web site?
4. Is the site intended to be entertaining, educational, business related, or personal?
1. Does the information contribute to your research in a significant way?
2. Is the material original research? Opinion or commentary on a topic?
3. How does it compare to your other sources?
Criteria #4 RELEVANCE
AUTHORITY
1. Can you CLEARLY and QUICKLY identify the author of the web page/document you are using?
2. Can you determine what the author’s credentials are?
3. Did the author provide a bibliography?
Criteria #5
LET’S HAVE A LOOK:Testing…
site #2
site #1
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