evaluating web sites

1. What does it tell
you?

4.  How?
 Where?
 What?
 http:// - (hypertext transfer
protocol – the format used to
transfer the information)
 www – World Wide Web –
host server (supports text,
graphics, etc.)
 library – second-level domain
 ucsf – domain name (usually
denotes where the server is)
 edu – top level domain name
 tobacco – folder name (there
can be sub-folder names as
well)
 index – file name
 html – file type extension
name

5.  .edu
 .gov
 .com
 .org
 .mil
 .net
 Educational site (usually
a university or college;
trustworthy)
 U.S. government site
(trustworthy)
 Commercial business
site (may be biased)
 U.S. nonprofit and other
organizations (may be
biased)
 U.S. military sites and
agencies (trustworthy)
 Networks, internet
service providers

6. The ABCs -
and Ds - of
Web
Evaluation
Accuracy
Bias
Currency
Documentation

7.  Accuracy
 Bias
 Currency
 Documentation
 Is it a site that an be
trusted to contain
accurate information?
 Does the site have a
specific bias?
 What is the date of the
information? Is it
current?
 Are sources noted and
cited?

8.  Dihydrogen Monoxide –
http://www.dhmo.org
 Institute for Historical Review –
http:www.//ihr.org
 Tobacco Control Archives –
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/index.h
tml
 Martin Luther King, Jr.: A True Historical
Perspective –
http://www.martinlutherking.org

9. Print out the worksheet below this
presentation. Then, test your skills by
evaluating the following Web Sites.
 Dihydrogen Monoxide – http://www.dhmo.org
 Institute for Historical Review –
http:www.//ihr.org
 Tobacco Control Archives –
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/index.html
 Martin Luther King, Jr.: A True Historical
Perspective – http://www.martinlutherking.org

10.  Criteria to Evaluate the
Credibility of WWW
Resources, George Mason
University
http://mason.gmu.edu/~monte
cin/web-eval-sites.htm
 Five Criteria for Evaluating
Web Sites: Olin and Uris
Libraries, Cornell University
http://olinuris.library.cornell.ed
u/ref/research/webcrit.html
 Evaluating Web Sites,
University of Maryland
University College
http://www.umuc.edu/library
/libhow/websiteevaluation_tut
orial.cfm
 Evaluating Web Pages:
Techniques to Apply and
Questions to Ask, University
of California, Berkeley
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/T
eachingLib/Guides/Internet/Ev
aluate.html