The Internet

Evaluation

• Five standard print evaluation criteria:
  • accuracy
  • authority
  • objectivity
  • currency
  • coverage

• The Web as a Research Tool: Evaluation Techniques
  • Checklist for a News Web Page
  • Checklist for an Advocacy Web Page
  • Checklist for a Business/Marketing Web Page
  • Checklist for an Information Web Page
  • Checklist for a Personal Home Page

• Evaluating Web Information using "The Quality Information Checklist"
• Using eight evaluation criteria for Web pages:
  • accuracy
    • Example 1: Census Bureau Home Page -- Are the informaiton here reliable?
    • Example 2: Study Finds No Link Between ETS and Cancer
    • Is the information biased?
      • Example 1: The Sugar Myth
      • Example 2: Martin Luther King Jr.: A Historical Examination
  • authority
    • Example 1: A History of the Japanese-American Internment -- Who are the authors of this page?
    • Example 2: BLOOD SACRIFICE AND THE NATION: REVISITING CIVIL RELIGION -- Who is the author of this page?
    • Example 3: The White House
    • Example 4: We're all guinea pigs
  • objectivity
    • Are the aims of the site clear?
      • Example 1: The White House
      • Example 2: The True but Little Known Facts about Women and AIDS
    • Does the site achieve its aims?
      • Example 1: The T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S Project
      • Example 2: Mark Twain in His Times
  • currency
  • Example 1: SEAINT Salary Survey
  • Example 2: Northern California Credit and Collection Job Opportunities
  • relevancy
    • Example 1: Center for Buddhist Studies
    • Example 2: Free Style Chairing
  • verification
  • Example 1: The Justice Project.org
  • Example 3: The first human male pregnancy