. . INFORMATION LITERACY : INTERNET : WEBSITES : EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT: Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask . . Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask University of California, Berkeley Teaching Library Internet Workshops http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html . "Evaluating web pages skillfully requires you to do two things at once: .Train your eye and your fingers to employ a series of techniques that help you quickly find what you need to know about web pages;
.Train your mind to think critically, even suspiciously, by asking a series of questions that will help you decide how much a web page is to be trusted.
.This page is organized to combine the two techniques into a process that begins with looking at your search results from a search engine or other source, follows through by investigating the content of page, and extends beyond the page to what others may say about the page or its author(s)."
. Topics Covered in This Website: . 1. What can the URL tell you? 2. Scan the perimeter of the page, looking for answers to these questions: "Techniques for Web Evaluation :1. Look for links that say "About us," "Philosophy," "Background," "Biography", etc.
2. If you cannot find any links like these, you can often find this kind of information if you Truncate back the URL. "
. snip . 3. Look for indicators of quality information: 4. What do others say? 5. Does it all add up? WHY? Rationale for Evaluating What You Find on the Web . . More About Evaluating Web Sources . Evaluating Information Found on the Internet http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/An excellent guide from the Milton Library at Johns Hopkins University.
.For annotated descriptions of many other good guides to evaluating web pages, search the subject "Evaluation of Internet Resources" in ipl2
http://www.ipl.org . Search Engineshttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/ Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html
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