1. Evaluating Websites

2. 1.When you get curious or want to find information on the Internet, what do you usually do? 2.What makes a website credible (How do you know if a website has good information)?

3. Acronym for information quality Credibility Accuracy Reasonableness Support

4. Check out the URL (.edu or.gov for example) Check the sponsor/author (individual, government sponsor, etc. Determine the site’s purpose (are they selling information?) credibility * * *

5. Correct information Up-to-date (for topic) Spelling or grammatical errors accuracy * * *

6. Tone: professional, authoritative, angry Bias: does it lean more to one side? Logic: does it make sense? reasonableness * * *

7. Sponsored or authored Cited: (research evidence provided) Contact information support * * *

8. When searching online, read the information below each link before just clicking and thinking you “cant find anything.”

9. Pretend that you have been asked to put together an assignment on the latest research into treatments for arthritis and decide to use a search engine to find material.

10. LOOK at and READ through the next few slides that EXPLAIN search results.

11. Sponsored links 1) How To Cure Arthritis End Arthritis Pain Quickly Latest All-Natural Remedy www.quack.com1) How To Cure Arthritis www.quack.com 2) Arthritis Foundation File Not found. This page has been replaced or moved to the new Arthritis Foundation Website. Please visit our site map for links to our interactive tools,... www.arthritisfoundation.org/conditions/JointHealth/Risks.asp2) Arthritis Foundation www.arthritisfoundation.org/conditions/JointHealth/Risks.asp 3) Treating Arthritis What is arthritis? cures, treatments,... www.westsidejuniorhigh.edu/projects/arthritis/3) Treating Arthritis www.westsidejuniorhigh.edu/projects/arthritis/ 4) Arthritis Research Campaign The Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC), founded in 1936, raises funds to promote medical research into the cause, treatment and cure of arthritic conditions... www.arc.org.uk4) Arthritis Research Campaign You searched for "treatments for arthritis" - results 1 - 4 of many

12. Your own footerYour Logo Result Number 1 Sponsored links 1) How To Cure Arthritis End Arthritis Pain Quickly Latest All-Natural Remedy www.quack.com1) How To Cure Arthritis www.quack.com This looks like the information could have been promising but the 'File not found' message suggests that this particular page is no longer available on the site. move on...

13. Result Number 2 2) Arthritis Foundation 2) Arthritis Foundation File Not found. This page has been replaced or moved to the new Arthritis Foundation Website. Please visit our site map for links to our interactive tools,... www.arthritisfoundation.org/conditions/JointHealth/Risks.asp www.arthritisfoundation.org/conditions/JointHealth/Risks.asp This first resource is actually an advert or "sponsored link" which matches the keywords that the advertisers paid for in order to promote their services. This is not always a bad thing but you need to be aware that the information is more likely to be commercial, which in this case isn't relevant to our needs.

14. Result Number 3 3) Treating Arthritis 3) Treating Arthritis What is arthritis? cures, treatments,... www.westsidejuniorhigh.edu/projects/arthritis/ www.westsidejuniorhigh.edu/projects/arthritis/ The title of the page looks good - however, when you get to the site you find that it is a project report from Class 2B at Westside Junior High School in the US which again isn't really suitable for our information needs. Looking at the URL will give you some prior indication of this before you click on the link.

15. Result Number 4 4) Arthritis Research Campaign 4) Arthritis Research Campaign The Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC), founded in 1936, raises funds to promote medical research into the cause, treatment and cure of arthritic conditions... www.arc.org.uk This is the site of the Arthritis Research Campaign whose purpose is to fund research into arthritic pain. The URL supports this and date shows that the page was last updated recently - looks like we might finally be getting somewhere!

16. Visit the following websites and complete the handout titled Evaluating Web Sites. Use one side of handout for the mayo clinic site, and use the other side fro the dhmo site –http://www.mayoclinic.com/http://www.mayoclinic.com/ –http://www.dhmo.org/http://www.dhmo.org/ YOUR TURN