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How to Evaluate Web Content???? ???? ????? ????
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• Stephen Perry, Regional Information Resources
  Officer, CAIRO
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• PERRYLS_at_STATE.GOV
• 20-2-797-3411
• TRANSLATION BY RANIA AZIMI, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT

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Do you want to find the Best Resources on the
Internet??? ???? ?????? ??? ???? ?????
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• Casual users and serious researchers place their
  trust in the accuracy and completeness of the
  data on the network. Theyre relying upon
  information of unknown pedigree and dubious
  quality, since precious little on the Internet
  has been refereed or reviewed.
• Clifford Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil Second
  Thoughts on the Information Highway. New York,
  Doubleday, pg. 125

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Why Evaluate?????? ??????? ???????? ?????????

• The Web is a no mans land, where anyone with
  sufficient skills can publish any opinion they
  wish.
• Therefore, experience tells us that you will need
  additional and critical skills to locate
  information of real quality and value.

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AUTHORITY????? ?????? (?????????)

• Who or what organization is responsible for the
  content?
• Is all contact information readily available?
• How easy is it to reach someone if you have
  questions about the content of the Web Page?
• Does the Web Page list information about the
  organization or individuals responsible for the
  page?

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II. ACCURACY?????? ?????

• Are all the links and information verified?
• Is the information cited correctly?
• Who publishes the content and who is responsible
  for updating it?

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III. APPROACH?????? ?????? (???????)

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• What is the purpose of the content and why was it
  produced?
• Does the content have a goal? Advertising vs.
  Educational vs. Propaganda?
• How objective is the information? Is it one
  persons or one organizations point of view only?

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IV. AGE ONLINE?????? ??? ???? ????????

• When was the Web Page last updated? Does the Web
  Page state explicitly Last Updated
• How many dead links Web Rot are on the page?
• Does the page indicate a contact or an email
  address for additional information?
• Judge Is the information timely?

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V. AUDIENCE LEVEL?????? ????? ??????? ????????

• Is the Web Page geared for a specific audience?
  (i.e. Children/Adults/Teens/Political or
  Religious Affiliation or Ideology, etc.?)
• Is the content generic or very specific?
• JUDGE WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THIS SITE?

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VI. ACCESSIBILITY?????? ??????? ??????

• How Accessible is the web site?
• Consider Issues such as use of color, patterns,
  organization, whether the entire work or only a
  portion of it is available on the Web?
• Is the site or part of it under construction?
• Does the Web Page have a SITE INDEX for greater
  accessibility?

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• QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN LOOKING AT WEB SITES
• Who manages the site?
• When was it last updated?
• Easy to use? Navigable?
• Contains primary or secondary information?
• Example Second hand news or the original source?
  
• Does the Site give you just their interpretation
  or version of events with no references to other
  interpretations?
• Does the Web Site offer Opinion or Fact?

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• Better Search Engines that actively evaluate
  information via a human filter
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INFOMINE infomine.ucr.edu
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Pinakes http//www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/pinakes/pi
nakes.html
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www.ipl.org
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?????? ?????? For Legal and Business
Information http//www.llrx.com
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Education Quality Online Courses for Continuing
Education http//ocw.mit.edu
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around the Worldhttp//www.eldis.org
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?????????INFOUSA Authoritative Information
about the United States http//usinfo.state.gov/u
sa/infousa
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINhttp//menic.ute
xas.edu/menic.html
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?????Middle Eastern Studies Links from the
University of Texas at Austin http//www.lib.utex
as.edu/subject/melp/links.html
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Journalists www.poynter.org
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AVAILABLE FOR 2006 from the http//www.llrx.com
web siteThese sites use subject experts to
evaluate the best sites in your subject areas
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?????? ??????? ?????A QUIZ AND A REVIEW

• Compare two statistical sites related to WOMEN
  AND AIDS
• Go to GOOGLE AND TYPE IN AIDS AND WOMEN AND
  STATISTICS and compare the results and the types
  of web pages you retrieve.
• What did you discover through this exercise?

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REVIEWING VIA AN ONLINE EXERCISE

• Search Google for information on EGYPTor a
  topic of your choice.
• Name the top 5 web sites --using and applying the
  criteria you just learned.
• Find the Ku Klux Klan Website and discuss the
  problems with it. Does the site present opinion
  or fact? How can you tell?

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(????)MORE REVIEWING VIA AN ONLINE EXERCISE

• Go to the Web Site IDENTIFYING MISINFORMATION
  http//usinfo.state.gov/media/misinformation.html
  and see the ways misinformation has been
  carefully documented.
• What lessons did you learn from these exercises?

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  http//usinfo.state.gov/media/misinformation.html
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???? ?? ?????? ????QUIZ TIME

• Now go to http//www.lii.org and type in Egypt
  in the search window provided and see if there is
  a difference in the quality of the sites offered
  by Librarians Index to the Internet
  (http//www.lii.org) and Google.
• What did you learn from this exercise?

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???? ?????AN ADDITIONAL QUIZ

• READ THE ONLINE ARTICLE In GOOGLE WE TRUST
  INFORMATION INTEGRITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE BY LEE
  SHAKER. FIRST MONDAY, vol. 11, no. 4 (APRIL
  2006)
• Available at http//www.firstmonday.org/issues/is
  sue11_4/shaker/index.html
• What lessons did you learn from this article?

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  ?????? LEE SHAKER (?????? 2006)
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???????More information on how to evaluate web
pages can be found on the following sites

• http//www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/ev
  aluating/
• http//library.albany.edu/internet/evaluate.html
• http//www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Int
  ernet/Evaluate.html
• http//www.virtualchase.com/quality/index.html

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????????More Sites with Information on how to
evaluate Web Sites

• RUTGERS http//newarkwww.rutgers.edu/guides/evalu
  ate.htm
• ITHACA
• http//www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think5.
  html
• ALBANY A series of Internet Tutorials available
  at (????? ?? ???? ???????? ????? ?? ???
  ??????) http//library.albany.edu/internet/
• A Checklist for Evaluating Information
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• http//library.usm.maine.edu/research/researchgui
  des/webevaluating.html

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???????More Sources to help you actively
evaluate information

• http//www.lifehacker.com/software/feature/seek-an
  d-ye-shall-find-how-to-evaluate-sources-on-the-web
  -137843.php
• From About.com http//websearch.about.com/od/refe
  rencesearch/a/evaluatesource.htm?rd1

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The End . . . ????? ??????

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• Thank You for Your
• Attention!

PERRYLS_at_STATE.GOV STEPHEN PERRY 20-2-797-3411 IRO
CAIRO EGYPT