Criteria for Website Evaluation

      Accuracy

• Is the Information free of spelling and grammatical errors?
• Are sources for factual information presented so information can be verified?

      Authority

• Is the creator of the website qualified to write on this topic?
• What are his/her/their credentials

     Coverage

• To what depth are topics explored?

     Currency

• Is the information up-to-date?
• Is the date clearly marked on the page?

• How current are the links?

• Have some expired or moved?

     Objectivity

• Is the page designed to persuade?
• Is there an excess of advertising?
• Is the information sensationalistic?

A. Harrington, Revised 5/2003, http://www.monroecc.edu/go/library