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Evaluating Web Sites for Educational Uses
This site contains a list of articles from librarians and other information specialists on Web evaluations. In addition, a checklist for evaluating a Web site of as a potential education resource is included.
http://www.unc.edu/cit/guides/irg-49.html
Evaluating Websites
Developed for use in college courses on website design and evaluation; comprehensive information on issues and methods.
http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/WebEval/webeval.htm
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Critical Evaluation Surveys
A series of website evaluation surveys, one each at the elementary, middle, and secondary school levels, plus many links of website evaluation.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
Contains evaluation criteria with examples that can be used by educators. Gives suggestions for successful Internet assignments.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html
Evaluate your Sources
Checklist for judging reliability of information. Links to other sites about the topic.
http://www.library.vcu.edu/help/evaluate.html
Evaluating Quality
Questions to ask and tips for looking for authoritative information on the internet.
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/quality.html
Producing Quality Web Page Content
Article explains how to give a web page content the mark of quality. Conversely, it helps point out what to look for in a quality site.
http://www.walthowe.com/pubweb/qcontent/qcontent.html
Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet
Checklists, instructions, tools and links to legal and factual research.
http://www.virtualchase.com/quality/
Evaluating Internet Resources
Bullet point notes of strategies and factors to consider when evaluating resources.
http://library.albany.edu/internet/evaluate.html
Evaluating Web Sites
A brief introduction to the World Wide Web as a source of information, and evaluating sites for educational content.
http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~pstohrer/eval.html
The Internet Guide to Construction of Quality Online Resources
By Dr. T.Matthew Ciolek. Online resources relevant for evaluation, development and administration of high quality factual/scholarly networked information systems.
http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-InfoQuality.html
Evaluating Quality on the Net
Criteria and indicators for evaluating information found on sites, their quality, and reliability.
http://www.hopetillman.com/findqual.html
10 C's For Evaluating Internet Sources
Criteria to consider when evaluating Internet resources.
http://www.uwec.edu/library/Guides/tencs.html
Evaluating Web Resources
Modules for evaluating all manner of sites. Includes questions and criteria lists, plus links to example pages for discussion.
http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm
Using a Web Site With Your Classes
Looks at what teachers need consider before sharing a web site with students in their classrooms.
http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/web_classes/
Evaluating Electronic Resources
Suggested criteria for evaluating Web resources for e-libraries.
http://www.thelearningsite.net/cyberlibrarian/elibraries/eval.html
Better Read That Again: Web Hoaxes and Misinformation
Categorizes problematic sites and gives many examples of each type. Ends with a section which points to sites which give people accurate information as well as warnings about hoaxes and half-true stories.
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/sep00/piper.htm
Research Edge: Citing and Evaluating the Internet
Tutorial from the University of Wollongong Library.
http://www.library.uow.edu.au/helptraining/tutorials/resedge/05/citeeval/index.html
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask
Includes checklist form (PDF) that can be used to analyze web sites and pages.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
Evaluating Credibility of Information
An essay that considers peer review, author's credentials, writing style, and plausibility of information.
http://www.rbs0.com/credible.pdf
Evaluating Web Sites
Seeks to provide the necessary guidelines to use to determine the quality and accuracy of the information found on the World Wide Web. A document from the University of Maryland libraries.
http://www.lib.umd.edu/UES/evaluate.html
Web Page Evaluation Criteria
Rubric for evaluating the content, organization, language, presentation, and technical workings of a website.
http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfmgb/web.htm
Information Quality
Sections on gaining full access to materials which may be censored, understanding how to search, and evaluating what is found using the internet.
http://ils.unc.edu/~fents/310/
Validating Web-Based Information
Short article summarizing the issues and pointing to many related resources.
http://wwwtools.cityu.edu.hk/news/newslett/validating.htm
Critically Analyzing Information Sources
Principles applicable to physical information sources as well as web-based ones.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm
Publishers Wanted, No Experience Necessary: Information Quality on the Web
Research librarian elaborates on five characteristics of superior web sites: timeliness, expediency, accuracy, objectivity, and authenticity
http://www.llrx.com/columns/quality.htm
QUICK: The Quality Information Checklist
Eight ways of checking the information on web sites.
http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm
Testing the Surf: Criteria for Evaluating Internet Information Resources
Refereed article written by Alastair Smith which surveys criteria published on the Web and in the print literature and proposes a set of criteria (a toolbox) that can be used by librarians and users to evaluate Internet information sources.
http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v8/n3/smit8n3.html
Don't Believe Everything You Read: Ideas for Reading Critically
Short pdf file. Suggestions for evaluating anything you read.
http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/pdf/critical-reading.pdf
Evaluating Information on the Web
Online tutorial covering authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and coverage.
http://www.library.drexel.edu/research/tutorials/webeval/contents.html
Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources
A list of Internet and print resources, with links to example sites and newsgroups.
http://www.lib.vt.edu/research/evaluate/evalbiblio.html
Web Awareness Canada
Introduction to a program which provides resources about Internet Literacy for teachers, parents and librarians.
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/special_initiatives/web_awareness/index.cfm
Yahooligans! - Evaluating Web Sites
Guide to evaluating sites by the "Four A's" - Accessible, Accurate, Appropriate, and Appealing.
http://www.yahooligans.com/tg/evaluatingwebsites.html
Online Technomonitor - What is Credible Information?
Article by Donald T. Hawkins, September 1999. Compares "traditional" vs. web publishing and notes how the lack of a review process for web materials can lead to problems for the unwary. Has a site evaluation checklist and an additional reading list.
http://www.infotoday.com/online/OL1999/technomonitor9.html
Librarians' Index to the Internet - Selection Criteria
Describes how sites are chosen for listing in lii.org.
http://lii.org/search/file/pubcriteria
University of Alberta Libraries - Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet
Bulleted list of questions to review while checking out a website.
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/criticalevaluation/
Johns Hopkins University Library - Evaluating Internet information
Detailed list of considerations.
http://www.library.jhu.edu/elp/useit/evaluate/
Information Quality WWW Virtual Library - Evaluation of Information Sources
Large annotated and hyperlinked list of pointers to criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly those on the Internet. Maintained by Alastair Smith.
http://www2.vuw.ac.nz/staff/alastair_smith/evaln/evaln.htm
Web Page Evaluation Checklist
PDF document intended to be printed to use as a quick tool for page evaluation.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/EvalForm.pdf
Checklist for the Evaluation of Information
Printable form with hyperlinks to explanations of the criteria used, namely authority, content and scope, design and functionality.
http://www3.baylor.edu/~Billie_Peterson/checklist.html
Resource Evaluation for BIOME
Detailed criteria used for selecting resources for this UK guide to biomedical information.
http://biome.ac.uk/guidelines/eval/
An Educators' Guide to Credibility and Web Evaluation
Paper/course written in 1999 with a 2002 update. Covers why evaluate, methods of evaluation, and why and how to teach it in the schools.
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/credibility/index.html
Consumer WebWatch: How Consumers and Experts Rate Credibility on the Web
Addresses the question of whether or not consumers are well equipped to make informed decisions about the accuracy of information in technical fields such as health or finance.
http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/news/report3_credibilityresearch/slicedbread_abstract.htm
Consumer WebWatch: How Consumers and Experts Rate Credibility on the Web
More than 2,600 average people were asked to rate the credibility of Web sites in 10 content areas.
http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/news/report3_credibilityresearch/stanfordPTL_abstract.htm
Consumer WebWatch
Consumers WebWatch, a project of Consumers Union, publishes research and journalism on credibility issues that matter to consumers, and recommends Web-wide guidelines to address widespread problems of credibility and trust.
http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/
Emory MedWeb: Guidelines for inclusion of sites in MedWeb
Five criteria used by Medweb to build their directory.
http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/history.htm
UBC Library - Criteria for Evaluating Internet Resources
Checklist with "So What?" buttons to clarify why you'd want to have an answer to the various questions.
http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/evaluating/
Contentbank.org - The Search for High-Quality Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Communities: Evaluating and Producing What's Needed
Research and recommendations to encourage the creation of low-barrier content and the careful evaluation of existing content to ensure that low-income and underserved individuals find a wide array of the online resources they want most. An Issue Brief and Action Plan by The Children's Partnership.
http://www.contentbank.org/addition_research.asp
ISI Web Site Selection Criteria
Thomson ISI sells a product called "Current Web Contents" which includes, in part, a premium collection of evaluated scholarly Web sites. This is how sites are selected for inclusion, and how they're evaluated.
http://www.isinet.com/essays/selectionofmaterialforcoverage/23.html/
Evaluating the Quality of Web Sites
Short page covering some basic points: Who is responsible? Is the URL appropriate? Who do they link to? Who links to them? Use common sense.
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/edtech/evaluate.html
Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet
[Book review.] Web of Deception offers exposé of the varied types of chicanery, fraud and misinformation that's rife on the Internet -- and what to do if you get stung by it.
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2160991
Tips for Evaluating Websites (Ohio ESL)
A few search techniques, using engines like Google, that you can use to check the authority of a website.
http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/help/evalTips.html
Viewing Results and Evaluating Quality
Questions and criteria to cover. Part of a larger tutorial on effective web searching for college students, written by a research librarian.
http://lisweb.curtin.edu.au/staff/personal/gwpersonal/searchtut/eval.html
Cal Poly State University - Information Competence Tutorials
Nine tutorials provide guidance and practical exercises on information competence.
http://multiweb.lib.calpoly.edu/infocomp/modules/index.html
T is for Thinking
Web site evaluation guide with resources and links.
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html
Web-Based Information in the Context of Higher Education
Scholarly paper argues that higher education students are naïve about the problem of misinformation, believe they can identify it, and do not make extra effort to check the sources of their information. Discusses sources and causes of misinformation and how it can be combatted.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/pdfs/17308cb2.pdf
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
Learn how to evaluate information sources by doing the following exercise.
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/hoax/index.htm
Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites
Checklist of content and technical aspects to consider.
http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/criteria/web.asp
HealthWeb Selection Methodology & Guidelines
An outline designed to provide HealthWeb participants uniform guidelines for selecting resources to be added to that directory.
http://healthweb.org/guidelines.cfm
Evaluating Web Resources
Concepts and questions to consider when looking at websites as a source of information.
http://libweb.sonoma.edu/assistance/eval.html
Evaluating the Quality of Internet Information Resources
Criteria and procedures to assist students, teachers, and other users in evaluating the quality of Internet information.
http://it2.coe.uga.edu/Faculty/gwilkinson/webeval.html
National Network of Libaries of Medicine - Evaluating Health Web Sites
Jana Allcock gives tips on judging the accuracy and validity of health information found using the internet.
http://nnlm.gov/scr/conhlth/evalsite.htm
The Good, The Bad And The Useless: Evaluating Internet Resources
Judith Edwards discusses three main aspects in the evaluation of Web resources; access, quality, and ease of use.
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue16/digital/
Webserch - Evaluate Web Resources
Guide to assessing the source, the content, and the format of websites, the primary considerations being accuracy, authority, coverage, currency and objectivity. Checklists in HTML and pdf format available.
http://www.clubi.ie/webserch/resources/
Six Quests for The Electronic Grail: Current Approaches to Information Quality in WWW Resources
T. Matthew Ciolek reviews programming, procedural, structuring, bibliographical, evaluative and finally, organisational approaches to the quality of online information.
http://www.ciolek.com/PAPERS/six-quests1996.html
Consumer Reports: e-Ratings - What We Look For
Expectations for site credibility, usability, and content.
http://www.consumerreports.org/main/detailv2.jsp?WebLogicSession=P9VN6U9v2ZeILeW6GjX2zjTIBlAwQRt3o1TP0qE0ashSj3EbU9uG%7C4394362522231317306/169937904/6/7005/7005/7002/7002/7005/-1%7C2869650293279058925/169937910/6/7005/7005/7002/7002/7005/-1&CONTENT%3
Choice Framework
Developed to evaluate the quality of health-related websites aimed primarily at online health consumers. Evaluation criteria fall under the headings of Credibility, Content, Disclosure, Links, Design, Interactivity, Caveats and Differentiation.
http://www.geocities.com/choiceframework/
Webpage Evaluation for Librarians
Checklist and examples of what to look for, how to think, related links, and examples of deliberately misleading webpages.
http://www.lib.montana.edu/~bcoon/web-eval.html
Internet Detective
An interactive tutorial on evaluating the quality of internet resources.
http://sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html
Web Searching, Web Page Evaluation, and Research Strategies
A guide to Web research and evaluation strategies, written for first year rhetoric and composition students.
http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/
Web Page Evaluation Worksheet
Checklist used to grade web sites.
http://www.duke.edu/~de1/evaluate.html
How To Evaluate A Web Site
Checklists and sample sites, from LLRX.com.
http://www.llrx.com/features/webeval.htm
Getting It Right: Verifying Sources on the Net
LLRX.com article providing strategies and tools to assist in evaluating Website content.
http://www.llrx.com/features/verifying.htm
Resource Selection and Information Evaluation
Three questions to answer while evaluating information and resources.
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~janicke/Evaluate.html
Exemplary Practices in Teaching Web Evaluation
Presentation given in 1998. Covers why evaluation of web resources is necessary, and gives criteria for scrutinizing web materials. Provides links to many related and supporting sites.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/staff/susabeck/checs98.html
Caught in the Web
A journalist's guide to web searches. Covers when to use the library, obstacles to finding what you need on the web (including unreliable information), tips for searching, and links to content-rich sites.
http://newslink.org/web/
Web Page Evaluation
Provides a checklist and links to related materials.
http://www.hu.mtu.edu/teachtech/search2.htm
Evaluation of Information Sources
Contains pointers to criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly those on the Internet.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/evaln.htm
The Web Credibility Project
Part of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, their goal is to understand what leads people to believe what they find on the Web. With information, papers, and related links.
http://www.webcredibility.org/
Evaluating Internet Research Sources
Guidelines for evaluating Internet sources, including a checklist to help assure credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and supported claims.
http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm
WWW Cyberguides
Created by a library media specialist, contains guides for rating the curriculum content and graphic design of web sites.
http://www.cyberbee.com/guides.html
UCLA College Library: Thinking Critically about WWW Resources
Teaches the user how to think critically about World Wide Web resources.
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm
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