Evaluation of Web Sites

• Hunter College. Brief guide to evaluating internet sources.

Selection Criteria for General Sources

References from Information Quality WWW Virtual Library, created and maintained by Alastair Smith

• Evaluating Web Resources: A Bibliography. LIAB Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences University of Alabama at Birmingham.
• Evaluate Web Pages. Jan Alexander & Marsha Tate. Widener University.
• Lake Forest College Library: Evaluating Web Sites.
• Evaluating Web sites. Lesley University, Cambridge, Mass.
• Evaluating Internet Resources. Georgetown University, Library.
• Evaluating Information on the Internet. Brandt, D. Scott. Purdue University.
• Critical Evaluation Surveys. Kathleen Schrock. Criteria for elementary, middle, and secondary school levels.
• An Educators' Guide to Credibility and Web Evaluation. Toni Greer, et al. Website for a course in Internet resource evaluation. Considers the following factors: 1. Reasons to evaluate; 2. Methods of evaluation; and 3. Teaching Web evaluation.
• Evaluating Credibility of Information on the Internet. Ronald B. Standler. Essay on adaption of traditional scientific criteria (peer review, credentials, and writing style) to the Internet.
• Evaluating Internet Research Sources. Robert Harris, Southern California College. Provides a set of evaluative tests and advice to readers on how to evaluate web information.
• Evaluating Internet Resources: An Annotated Guide to Selected Resources. Library of Congress list of links to "a number of such guides representing a variety of approaches, which together provide an overview of major issues to be considered when evaluating Internet resources."
• Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask. Joe Barker, UC Berkeley Library. What can the URL tell you?/ Scan the perimeter of the page, looking for answers to these questions/ Look for indicators of quality information/ What do others say?/ Does it all add up?
• Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools. Part of a Cornell University site on carrying out research. Looks at context, evaluation criteria, web reviews, and rankings and includes a Webliography.
• Web Credibility Project. Persuasive Technology Lab, Stanford University. "Our goal is to understand what leads people to believe what they find on the Web. We hope this knowledge will enhance Web site design and promote future research on Web credibility."

Selection Criteria for Specific Sources

Some of these are less useful than others, but included to show the range of criteria that are used for evaluation.

• Argus Clearinghouse for Subject Information Resource Guides: Information: Ratings System

• Evaluating Internet Resources for SOSIG. Detailed evaluation criteria used for evaluating information resources for the SOSIG social sciences directory. Grouped as Content, Form, and Process criteria.