Laney College Library Ann Buchalter, MLIS Part 1: Help Google help you! Locating Academically Acceptable websites. Part 2: Apply evaluative criteria.

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Laney College Library Ann Buchalter, MLIS

Part 1: Help Google help you! Locating Academically Acceptable websites. Part 2: Apply evaluative criteria (Website Evaluation Form) to website you want to use as a source.

 Limit search to specific domains: .edu (educational) .gov (government) .org (non-profit organizations)  Limit search to specific file types:  filetype: pdf  filetype: doc

.com – commercial (for profit) entities .org – nonprofit entities .edu – educational institutions .gov – federal government agencies .mil – US military .int – international organizations  State or Country of origin .de - Germany .ca.us – California, US .ca - Canada

 is the protocol or access method  is the domain or host name .edu is the top level domain  ~ccarson/articles/am_left.htm is the directory path folder on the domain computer

 Domain  Appearance  Sponsor  Relevance  Authority

D OMAIN N AME 1. Domain- some are more “trustworthy” than others… 2. Web Site Title 3. Access Date- this is the date YOU found it Criteria #1 “ On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” not good

Criteria #2 A PPEARANCE ( part 1 ) 1. Is there a lot advertising on the site?a lot 2. Does the site look professionally done? 3. Are there any noticeable spelling or grammatical errors?

Criteria #2 A PPEARANCE ( part 2 ) 1. Check the links—working? relevant to the page? 2. Has web page has been updated recently?

Criteria #3 : S PONSOR 1.Who is paying to put this site on the internet? 2.About Us/Contact Us page? 3.If the web page is located on a specific organization’s web site? 4.Is the site intended to be entertaining, educational, business related, or personal?

1. Does the information contribute to your research in a significant way? 2. Is the material original research? Opinion or commentary on a topic? 3. How does it compare to your other sources? Criteria #4 R ELEVANCE

A UTHORITY 1. Can you CLEARLY and QUICKLY identify the author of the web page/document you are using? 2. Can you determine what the author’s credentials are? 3. Did the author provide a bibliography? Criteria #5

Testing… site #2 site #1 Random…