Criteria for Web Resource Evaluation

Authority
	Is authorship identified?
	If individual author is identified, is the person recognized in the field?
	If individual is not identified or not recognized,
	is the source a recognized agency or institution or organization?   suffix .edu Is the author a student?   Is the author a member of the faculty?   Is this an official university publication?     suffix .gov Is the agency qualified in the subject area?   Has the agency reasons to be biased on the subject?     suffix .org Is the organization qualified in the subject area?   Has the organization reasons to be biased?
Currency
	Is the webpage date indicated?
	Is the webpage recent or recently updated?
	Is the content/coverage up-to-date?
Reliability, accuracy, coherence
	Do the data and explanations make sense?
	Is the information internally consistent?
	If sources of data are identified, are the data accurately represented?
	If original data are offered, does the author or agency have the resources to have developed them (e.g., NASA for satellite images, CDC for epidemiological statistics)?
Referenced or attributed content
	Are sources of information, including graphics, identified?
	Are the sources authoritative and current?
Links
	Are appropriate and useful links provided?
	Are the links live?
	Are the pages to which links are provided authoritative, current, referenced?
Clarity and navigability
	Is the overall organization obvious?
	Is information presented clearly?
	Are screens uncluttered?
	Is design consistent, so you don't need to learn a new layout for each subsection?
	Is the applicability of each link obvious?

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