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Web Eval Form

This document provides a checklist for evaluating websites. It includes categories like the URL, authority/author, accuracy/objectivity, currency, coverage of content. For each category, it lists descriptions of aspects to check, such as whether the URL suits the information, if the author is listed and reputable, if the information is unbiased and recently updated. The checklist aims to help determine if a website provides good information by checking off these credibility factors.

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Web Eval Form

This document provides a checklist for evaluating websites. It includes categories like the URL, authority/author, accuracy/objectivity, currency, coverage of content. For each category, it lists descriptions of aspects to check, such as whether the URL suits the information, if the author is listed and reputable, if the information is unbiased and recently updated. The checklist aims to help determine if a website provides good information by checking off these credibility factors.

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Website Evaluation*

Name: ___________________
If you can check off most of the statements in the chart below, then you’ve probably found a good
website.

Category Description Check Overall

The URL - The name of the home web address suits the presented info 

- The URL ends in a edu, gov, or org (however, this alone doesn’t  

ensure a reliable site.)

The author or sponsor responsible for this publication:

Authority: – is listed on the website 


Author or – is reputable and is an authority on this subject 
Sponsor – lists their contact information 

Accuracy/ The author or sponsor:

Objectivity – is free from bias; is not trying to sway an opinion  


– has nothing to gain by presenting this information
– includes no advertising 


- The website shows the date it was created 

Currency - The date is relatively recently 



- The links from the website work 

- The title tells you about the content of the website 

Coverage of - The information is detailed and in-depth 



Content - The information is accurate when compared with other sources 

- The images, video, or sound files are relevant to the information 

*Berkowitz, Robert and Adam. The Big 6 Research Notebook. Linworth Books. 2006
Overall, do you feel this is a good website? Why or why not?

*Berkowitz, Robert and Adam. The Big 6 Research Notebook. Linworth Books. 2006

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