Criteria for Evaluation of Resources on the Web
Just as print sources need to be examined for relevancy, accuracy and content,
Internet sources also need to be examined for content evaluation in terms of
your own research needs. Consider the criteria listed in the following checklists:
Examples to illustrate differences between sites in regards
to content, purpose, and/or level of intended audience.
Sites that link to outstanding education sites
- Blue Web'n
A library of Blue Ribbon learning sites on the Web. This site features learning
sites searchable by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects,
resources, references, and tools).
- goENC.com
A site with links to effective curriculum resources to improve K-12
mathematics and science teaching and learning. Categorized by type of site or by subject area.
- Information Resources for Education
UCSB Library's resource directory to quality education sites, selected by the Education Librarian.
Evaluation Sites on the Web
How to Evaluate Web Quality
Guides to Quality Web Sites
Who owns the site?: Domain name ownership
Use the following sites to look up domain names to determine their registration records. Finding
out who owns a site may help you determine its bias, legitimacy, purpose, or intended audience. For
example, if you looked up
whitehouse.net in
WHOIS from Network Solutions, you'd find that it's not a government site but
is registered to a privately-owned networking group.
- WHOIS lookup
from Network Solutions
- easyWHOis from easyDNS Technologies Inc.
- Whois Source "Domain name search tool that allows a wildcard
search of all current/deleted/expired whois domains."
- Whois Database Search
for finding information on resources registered with the American Registry for Internet Numbers
- Whois Search from InterNIC
- Uwhois.com "The universal 'who is' for internet
domains."
- Whois Database search
from the RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) for European addresses
- Whois search on APNIC
(Asia Pacific Network Information Centre) for Asia Pacific addresses
- WHOIS lookup for U.S.
government domains
A long list of additional "whois lookup" sites:
- Name Search for
Domain Names from Google.com
Find out who links to a site
Type "link:[web address]" into
Google or
AllTheWeb to find out which sites link to a specific site or page. For example, if you want
to find out who links to moveon.org, type
link:www.moveon.org in the search box.
Author:
Janet Martorana
Revised: August 2007
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