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6. Evaluating Resources -
web sites
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Things to consider:
- authority
- purpose or intended audience
- current
- objectivity v. bias
- support
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Authority
- Who wrote the page?
- What are the author's credentials?
- Can you verify the author's credentials? Could they be
made up?
- Did the author include contact information?
- Whose web site is this? What organization is sponsoring
the web page?
- Is there an "about this site" link?
Look for a tilde (~) in the URL. This is used to identify a
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Purpose or intended audience
- What is the purpose of the page? Advertise, news,
entertainment, opinion satire, advocacy?
- Why did the author create it?
- Who is the target audience? Researchers, kids, buyers?
- What is the reading level? Is there lots of text?
- Are there banner ads and animations?
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Current
- Is the page dated? Current date doesn't always mean
current information.
- Is the information up-to-date? Compare information of
similar websites.
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- Is the author objective or biased? Look for fair and balanced.
- Are facts clearly distinguished from the opinions?
- Are the facts accurate and complete?
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Support
- Does the author support the information? Are there links
or citations? Does it include a bibliography?
- Is the support respectable? Is there a variety of resources?
Are they well-known?
- Is it hard for you to check the resources?
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