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ResearchWebsite Evaluation
Questions to ask
• WHAT'S AT STAKE?
• HOW RELIABLE DOES MY INFORMATION HAVE TO BE?
• "Good enough" is good enough ?• Acceptable to my teacher ?
Parts of the URL
www.mywebsite.com/agreatsite/volcanoes.htm
Main web address Homepage
Domain name
Folder nameWeb page name
WHERE?
What CAN THE URLS TELL YOU?
• Who "published" it? Look at the URL up to the first / (dash)
Example: http://music.yahoo.com/lyrics/
www.mtv.com/lyricshttp://
www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/
• Is it a personal page? Look for personal names
Example:
www.jeanneduprau.com/books.shtml
WHERE?
• What type of organization is behind it? Check the domain name
Examples:
http://www.amazon.com
http://www.hayscisd.net/
http://www.worldwildlife.org
.org non – profit organization
.edu university or college
.mil , .gov , .us
government site
.com , .net a business, business related
.uk , .jp a foreign website
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WHERE?
WHAT CAN THE PERIMETER OF THE PAGE TELL ME?
o Who or what agency is the author?
o What is their bias?"About us“
"Sponsors" "Biography" No background info
WHO?
WHAT DO OTHERS SAY ABOUT THE PAGE?
o Who links to it? Who owns it?Paste the URL into http://alexa.com
o Google the author's name and see what company created your website.
WHO?
WHY WAS IT PUT ON THE WEB? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE PAGE?
• inform with facts/data?
• share/disclose? • entice/sell? • explain/persuade? • dupe/rant/satire?
WHY?
Practice Website Evaluation
Visit the Website Evaluation page on the SMS Library Research Wiki
http://smslibrarypathfinders.wikispaces.com/Website+Evaluation
Choose one website from List A and one website from List B to evaluate.
Share with your findings with your partner.
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