WEBSITE EVALUATIONSelecting credible sources

WEB PAGE CREATOR Who can put a website on the Internet? Would you trust a website created by

me (your librarian)?

WHAT IF…

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I designed a website about good books to read?

I designed a website about ice hockey?

CAN WE TRUST THE WEBSITE? Domain Name Web Page

Author Currency Quality Structure Purpose Navigation

DOMAIN NAMES .com .org .edu .net .gov .mil .kids .k12

.COM Commercial Likely selling

something Can we trust a .com?

.ORG Organization Could be public or private Can we trust a .org?

RESEARCHING A DIET DRUG http://www.myalli.com

http://www.allireviews.org/

Are these two sites all that different?

.EDU Education Probably a college or university Can we trust a .edu?

.NET Network Almost always a person’s personal

website Can we trust a .net?

.GOV Government Can we trust a .gov?

.MIL Military Can we

trust a .mil?

.KIDS Domain set aside by Congress

to house only good websites for kids

Does not have chat rooms or advertising

Can we trust a .kids?

.K12 A public school grades k-12 Can we trust a .k12?

WEB PAGE AUTHOR Is the author’s name on the website?

If so, what credentials does the author have?

Can this author be trusted? Is the company’s name, organization, or

school’s name on the website?Can the company, organization, or school

be trusted? Is there an email address?

Why would an email address matter?

CURRENCY Does the website list the date it was

created? Does the website list a date when it was

last updated or revised?

QUALITY Does the site contain accurate and

beneficial information? Is the site easy to read?

STRUCTURE Are there spelling or grammatical

errors?

PURPOSE To inform To persuade To explain To entertain

NAVIGATION Are there any dead links? Is the site well organized?

ADVERTISEMENTS Avoid the first few hits in a search—

companies PAY BIG BUCKS to get there

Do a simple search on “knee pain” www.google.com

EVALUATE THIS SITE http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/

WHICH SITE IS BETTER? http://

www.michelesworld.net/Frogs/frog.htm http://www.defenders.org/frogs/basic-fac

ts?gclid=CLbay4-lv7ICFRSSPAodZw4AmA

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-frog_toad.html