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    This document provides a checklist for evaluating online sources. It includes questions to consider about the source such as the URL, type of website, author's credentials, date, purpose, biases, evidence, references, and functioning links. The checklist is meant to help determine whether a source is appropriate and high-quality for research on a given topic by tallying "Yes" and "No" answers. A good source would have many "Yes" answers and few "No" answers, while also having little to no detectable biases in its presentation of information.

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    This document provides a checklist for evaluating online sources. It includes questions to consider about the source such as the URL, type of website, author's credentials, date, purpose, biases, evidence, references, and functioning links. The checklist is meant to help determine whether a source is appropriate and high-quality for research on a given topic by tallying "Yes" and "No" answers. A good source would have many "Yes" answers and few "No" answers, while also having little to no detectable biases in its presentation of information.

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    EvaluatingOnlineSources:ComparisonHANDOUT2c

    Whatareyouresearching?Whattype(s)ofinformationareyoulookingfor?

    Source

    1.WhatistheURL

    Whattypeofwebsiteisit?
    .com .gov .edu foreign? .net .org
    isthistypeofsiteappropriate?
    Yes No

    Whatisthenameofthewebsite:
    Doesthenamemakesenseconsideringtheinformation?
    Yes No

    2.Studythepage,
    lookingforanswersto
    thesequestions:

    Whowrotethepage/article:
    ______________________________

    Isthispersonanexpertonthetopic?

    (lookforinformationoneducation,bookswritten,workexperience,googletheirnameif
    necessary)

    Yes No

    Whenwasthearticlewritten?

    Date:________________
    Isthiscurrentenough? Yes No

    3.QualityofSource

    Doestheauthorhaveanybias?

    political/ideological economic religious personal other nobias

    Whatisthepurposeofthearticle?

    Inform/Explain Persuade Sell Entertain Other:_____________

    Areclaimsofthearticlesupportedbyanyevidence?

    Yes No

    Doesthearticleincludereferencestoothersources/wheretheygottheirinformation/evidence?

    Yes No

    Iftherearelinksonthepage,dotheywork?

    Yes No

    Isthisinformationlinkedtodisplayanybias?

    political/ideological economic religious personal other nobias

    Summary

    Wasthisagoodsource?

    HowmanyYess_______
    HowmanyNos_______
    WasthereBias?_______
    Whatwasthepurposeofthearticle?

    ____________________________

    Wrapitup:Iseitherwebpageagoodsource?WhyorWhynot?WhichisabetterSource?

    Developedwithhelpfrom:
    http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k70847&pageid=icb.page346375
    https://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/EvalForm.pdf

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