Notes

Evaluating Websites

What Can The URL tell you If its someones personal page -look for names following a tidle - A percent sign -the words users, members or people

What type of domain does it come from -educational(edu) nonprofit(org) commercial, government (gov.) What are the implications -Investigate further to find out

Scan the perimeter of the page and look for answers to the following links that say the following - About us ,philosophy background, biography -Last updated -Who created the page -E-mail address or other form of contact

Look For Indicators of Quality information Links off the site -Other resources -Additional sites " related links"- key word Links refering to other documentation -footnotes, eveidence of research All reproduced information- BEWARE

Does It Add Up why was the page put up on the web -inform give facts, give data -explain, persuade -sell -share Might it be irony, satire, or a parody -tone, outrage, exaggeration