Web Pages

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Web Pages
www.angelfire.com/trek/deus_ex.html

• Jeffrey S. Brown
• COM/515

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Think About It

• How often have you used the World Wide Web to
  supplement your research?
• How often do you assess the quality of the
  information you get from the Web?
• Who insures that the content of the World Wide
  Web is accurate?

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3 Main Elements of Web Site Evaluation

1. Purpose
2. Content
3. Functionality

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Purpose

• What is the Intent?

• Why is this information on the Web?

• Who is the targeted audience?

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Content

• Authority- An expert?
• Scope - Details
• Accuracy- Blatant inaccuracies?
• Prejudice/Bias- Commercialism?
• Currency-Relevance-When last updated?

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Functionality

• Bugs errors problems?

• Load Time too many pictures/graphics

• Aesthetics design consistency?

• Navigation Easy to get around?

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Questions?
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Resources

• Green, Tim. Teaching Students to Critically
  Evaluate Web Pages. Washington, The Clearing
  House, Sept-Oct 2001, Vol. 75, Iss. 1, pg. 32.
• Brown, Jeffrey S. Jeffreys Ultimate Internet
  Research Guide Version 1.3
• Las Vegas, Self-distributed document.