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Worksheet for Evaluating Web Sites What? WHAT is the page/site about? Does it have the kind of information you need? · Look at the browser title bar, document title, content & links. · Record the title of the web page and web site for citation! This page’s title is: This site’s title is: Who? WHO created the page/site about? Can you find and verify the author’s qualifications, whether an individual or organization? · Look for “About the author/About us” links for the author’s name and contact info. · Verify credentials in another source, e.g. journal, encyclopedia, directory. · Look for a link to the home page of the Web site where the document lives. · Look at the parts of the URL/address to find organizational affiliation. · Record the name of the author of the web page for citation! This page’s author is: Where? WHERE is the information coming from? · Look at the address or URL: e.g., .edu=educational, .com=commercial, .org=organization, .gov=government, two-letter country codes. · Look up domain owner with WhoIs search (http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/whois/index.jhtml) · Record the URL of the web page for citation! The URL of this page is: Do the parts of the URL match the name of the institution/organization on the page? (circle) YES /NO If a .edu URL, is it from a (circle) student page, department, or faculty page? http://steenbock.library.wisc.edu/instruct/evalwork.pdf -Compiled by: UW-Madison Libraries Internet Workshop Working Group. Last updated: January 9, 2004. Contact: blazewski@library.wisc.edu. See also the “Checklist for Evaluating Web Sites” at http://www.library.wisc.edu/instruction/instmat/webeval.htm Why? WHY is this site on the Web and how does it affect the information? · Look at “About us/Mission/Purpose,” links, content, and advertising. · Determine the purpose of the site: ? Advocacy or “soapbox” (tries to persuade). ? Informational (often has multiple viewpoints and references). ? Business or marketing (tries to sell). ? Entertainment. · Choose sites whose purposes are compatible with your information needs. I believe this site is on the Web to (circle): advocate/persuade; inform/educate; sell/business; or entertain. Why? When? WHEN was the page or information created? Is the date important for the timeliness of the content? · Look for dates. Can you tell what they mean? Publication or copy-right date? Last modified or updated? Date statistics gathered or published? · Record the date created and date visited for web page citation! I visited this page on: The date on the page is: The date (circle one) does /does not affect the content. How? How accurate or credible is the page? How would I cite it? · Examine references and bibliographies. · Verify information in another reputable source (e.g. encyclopedia, journal, book, other Web site). · If you notice many errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc., question the accuracy of other information. · See [http://memorial.library.wisc.edu/citing.htm] for Internet Citation Guides. This page (circle one) does /does not have references or a bibliography pointing to the source of information. This pages (circle one) does /does not have noticeable errors. This is the citation I will use for this source in my bibliography: