Activity 3.

3: Evaluating Websites: Checklist

This activity is adapted from the University of Maryland: Evaluating Web Sites: A Checklist
www.lib.umd.edu/tl/guides/evaluating-checklist Directions:
1. Using the Internet, research on topics under CoVid-19 in the Philippines.
2. Read through the checklist and answer each question in your notebook.
3. Attach a printout of the web site you are evaluating and paste in your notebook:
 Print out of the website

What is the URL or web address of the web site you are evaluating?
http://_https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-
19_pandemic____________________________________________________

1. What is the title of the website? COVID-19

PANDEMIC____________________________________

AUTHORITY AND ACCURACY

I couldn’t tell The author is:

_______________________________________

Who is the author of the web site?

 What authorship clues did the URL (web address) provide? Check all that apply:

company (.com) country-specific site (e.g., .uk)

non-profit organization (.org) military site (.mil) academic

/ institution (.edu) network of computer (.net) government

agency (.gov) other? Please describe:

personal web page (e.g., www.jamieoliver.com)

PURPOSE AND CONTENT

What is the purpose of the web page or site? Check all that apply:

A personal web page

A company or organization web site
/ A forum for educational/public service information
A forum for scholarly/research information
For entertainment
An advertisement or electronic commerce
A forum for ideas, opinions, or points of
view
Other – please explain:

In your own words, briefly describe the purpose of the web site:
TO INFORM PEOPLE THE WORLDWIDE
NEWS______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

What does the web site provide? Check one:

Balanced, objective or factual information

Biased, subjective or opinionated statements
Are the arguments well supported? __/__ Yes ____ No
 Both objective and subjective information
I couldn’t tell
Other – please explain:

Does the web site provide any contact information or means of

communicating with the author or webmaster? __/__ Yes _____ No

CURRENCY

I couldn’t tell ; /
It was updated on:___________________________________

When was the web site last revised, modified, or updated?

Is the site well maintained?

I couldn’t tell
Yes /
No

File: Evaluating Websites: A Checklist University of Maryland Libraries * T&L * 2/2014