Website Evaluation

Website Evaluation Content adapted from: Beck, Susan. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources . 1997. http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html Image courtesy of Kristen King

Spend a few minutes exploring this site. What are your general impressions of the webpage?

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Authority ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Are you able to identify the author of this site and/or the organization who created it? If not, how might that affect the usefulness of the information?

Accuracy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Does the author cite any of his sources on the site? If not, how might that affect the accuracy of the information?

Objectivity ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Is there any evidence of bias on this page? If so, how might that affect the usefullness of the information?

Currency ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Is this page up to date? If not, how might that affect the usefulness of the information?

Coverage ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Does this site provided detailed/in-depth information? If not, how might that affect the usefulness of the information?

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