This document provides guidelines for evaluating websites based on the PIECE criteria: Accuracy, Authority, Objectivity, Currency, and Coverage. It defines each criterion and provides questions to consider to determine if a website meets that standard. For example, under Accuracy it suggests checking if the author is listed and contactable. Under Authority it recommends verifying the author's credentials and where the site is published. If a site meets all the PIECE criteria, then the information on it may provide value for research.

1. Website Evaluation
Kalani LaFrancis
Media Goddess
kalanilafrancis@gmail.com

2. Research
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3. Why create a website?
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•Accuracy
• Authority
• Objectivity
• Currency
• Coverage

5. AA O CC
Accuracy
• Who wrote the page and can you
contact him or her?
• What is the purpose of the document
and why was it produced?
• Is this person qualified to write this
document?

6. AA O CC
Accuracy
• Make sure author provides
e-mail or a contact
address/phone number.
• Know the distinction between
author and Webmaster.

7. Accuracy
Accurate?

8. Check your website!

9. Search for more information
Domain ID:D3064706-LROR Tech Name: Don Black
Domain Tech Organization: Stormfront
Name:MARTINLUTHERKING.ORG Tech Street1: PO Box 6637 Tech
Created On:14-Jan-1999 05:00:00 Street2: Tech Street
Last Updated On:11-Jan-2010 3: Tech City: West Palm Beach Tech
xpiration Date:14-Jan-2011 State/Province: FL Tech
Registrar:DirectNIC Postal Code: 33405
Status:CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED Tech Country: US
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER Tech Phone:+1.5618330030
PROHIBITED Status:CLIENT UPDATE Tech Phone Ext.:
PROHIBITED Tech FAX: Tech FAX Ext.: Tech
Registrant ID:ODN-520527 Email:don.black@STORMFRONT.ORG
Registrant Name:Don Black Name Server:NS12.ZONEEDIT.COM
Name Server:NS19.ZONEEDIT.COM

10. A little further….
Stormfront - White Nationalist Community
Discussion board for pro-White activists and
anyone else interested in White survival.

11. Conclusion?
Anyone?
Anyone?
Bueller?

12. AA O CC
Authority
• Who published the document and is
it separate from the "Webmaster?"
• Check the domain of the document,
what institution publishes this
document?
• Does the publisher list his or her
qualifications?

13. AA O CC
Authority
• What credentials are listed for
the authors?
• Where is the document
published? Check URL domain.

14. Authority
www.whitehouse.com
legit
www.whitehouse.net
www.whitehouse.org
www.whitehouse.gov
- spoof – legit – pornography – ad -

15. AA O CC
Objectivity
• What goals/objectives does this
page meet?
• How detailed is the information?
• What opinions (if any) are
expressed by the author?

16. AA O CC
Objectivity
• Determine if page is a mask for
advertising; if so information
might be biased.
• View any Web page as you
would an infomercial on
television. Ask yourself why was
this written and for whom?

17. Objectivity
www.redstate.com
www.thebluestate.com

19. AA O CC
Currency
• When was it produced?
• When was it updated?
• How up-to-date are the links
(if any)?

20. AA O CC
Currency
• How many dead links are on the
page?
• Are the links current or updated
regularly?
• Is the information on the page
outdated?

21. Currency
HST LMC
- Date check
(updated AND dated information)
- Links
(how many dead links are okay?)

22. AA O CC
Coverage
• Are the links (if any) evaluated
and do they complement the
documents' theme?
• Is it all images or a balance of
text and images?
• Is the information presented
cited correctly?

23. AA O CC
Coverage
• If page requires special software to
view the information, how much are
you missing if you don't have the
software?
• Is it free or is there a fee, to obtain the
information?
• Is there an option for text only, or
frames, or a suggested browser for
better viewing?

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26. Password protected

27. Putting it all together
Accuracy If your page lists the author& institution
that published the page & provides a way of
contacting him/her and . . .
Authority If your page lists the author credentials &
its domain is preferred (.edu, .gov, .org, or .net),
and. . .
Objectivity If your page provides accurate
information with limited advertising & it is
objective in presenting the information, and . .

28. Putting it all together
Currency If your page is current & updated regularly
(as stated on the page) & the links (if any) are also
up-to-date, and . . .
Coverage If you can view the information properly--
not limited to fees, browser technology, or software
requirement, then . . .
You may have a Web page that
could be of value to your research!