This post lists a number of articles and website resources that explain
how to evaluate websites.

An agent to detect online false and misleading claims for
weight loss products in Korea.
Sung, Nahk Hyun; Chang, Yong Sik.
Expert Systems with Applications
July 2005  v. 29  no. 1  p. 153

Web Sites for Postpartum Depression.
Summers, Audra L.; Logsdon, M. Cynthia
MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing
v. 30  no. 2  March / April 2005  p. 88-94

Socially unbiased parenting support on the Internet:
a cross-sectional study of users of a large Swedish
parenting website.
Sarkadi, A.; Bremberg, S.
Child: Care, Health & Development
January 2005  v. 31  no. 1  p. 43

Instruments to assess the quality of health information on the
World Wide Web: what can our patients actually use?
Bernstam, Elmer V.; Shelton, Dawn M.; Walji, Muhammad;
Meric-Bernstam, Funda.
International Journal of Medical Informatics
Janaury 2005  v. 74  no. 1  p. 13

An evaluation of the contents and quality of menopause information
on the World Wide Web.
Prez-Lpez, Faustino R.
Maturitas
December 2004  v. 49  no. 4  p. 276

Advice available on the Internet for people with coeliac disease:
an evaluation of the quality of websites.
England, C. Y.; Nicholls, A. M.
Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
December 2004  v. 17  no. 6  p. 547

Stroke Education Materials on the World Wide Web:
An Evaluation of Their Quality and Suitability.
Griffin, Erin; McKenna, Kryss; Worrall, Linda
Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation
v 11  no. 3  Summer 2004  p. 29-40

Patient Education Materials about the Treatment of Early-Stage
Prostate Cancer: A Critical Review.
Fagerlin, Angela; Rovner, David; Stableford, Sue;
Jentoft, Christophir; Wei, John T.; Holmes-Rovner, Margaret
Annals of Internal Medicine
5/4/2004  v. 140  no. 9  p. 721

An assessment of the quality of information available on the
internet about the IUD and the potential impact on
contraceptive choices.
Weiss, Eve; Moore, Kirsten
Contraception
November 2003  v. 68  no. 5  p. 359

Quality markers of drug information on the internet: an evaluation
of sites about St. Johns Wort.
Martin-Facklam, Meret; Kostrzewa, Michael; Schubert, Falk;
Gasse, Christiane; Haefeli, Walter E.
American Journal of Medicine
December 2002  v. 113  no. 9  p. 740

Website Review - FAIR (http://www.fair.org)
Jones, Adam
Journalism Studies
February 2002  v. 3  no. 1  p. 137

Critical Thinking and the Web.
Lynch, Darlene; Vernon, Robert F.; Smith, Marshall L.
Journal of Social Work Education
Spring / Summer2001  v. 37  no. 2  p. 381

Applying Big6 Skills and Information Literacy Standards to
Internet Research
Eisenberg, Mike; Berkowitz, Bob; Murray, Janet.
Book Report
November / December 2000  v. 19  no. 3  p. 33

Information and misinformation online: Recommendations for
facilitating accurate mental health information retrieval and evaluation.
Morahan-Martin, Janet; Anderson, Colleen D.
CyberPsychology and Behavior
v. 3  no. 5  October 2000  p. 731-746

Evaluation of Internet sources.
Tomey, Ann Marriner.
Nurse Educator
v. 25  no. 5  September / October 2000  p. 204

The SiteLegend: Twelve Components of a New Strategy for
Providing Website Documentation.
Weiler, Robert M.
Journal of School Health
April 2000  v. 70  no. 4  p. 148

Avoiding the truth trap: let the Internet user be wary.
Scott, James Calvert
Delta Pi Epsilon Journal
v. 40  no. 4  Fall 1998  p. 187-189

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly:
or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
Evaluation Criteria
||Authority | Accuracy | Objectivity | Currency | Coverage ||
<http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html>

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators -
Critical Evaluation Surveys
<http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html>

Here are eight ways of checking information on web sites.
<http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm>

The ABC's of Web Site Evaluation
presented by Kathy Schrock
<http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/>

Evaluation Rubrics for Websites
<http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/eval.htm>

Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
<http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/
Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html>
Evaluating Web Pages:
Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops
<http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/
Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://snipurl.com/86w1>

Five criteria for evaluating Web pages
<http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webcrit.html>

2Learn.ca 'NetCheck  Website Evaluation Form
for Grades 7-9 Students
<http://www.2learn.ca/evaluating/div3netscheck2.html>
More? See Grades 1-3, 4-6, 10-12, and
Evaluating Sites @www.2Learn.ca

Teaching Media Literacy in the Age of the Internet
<http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/pdf/weval_02.pdf>

Criteria for Web Site Evaluation
Would my instructor accept this as a good source for my paper or project?
<http://www.lib.umich.edu/ugl/guides/evaluation/>

Web Evaluation for Secondary Grades
developed by Tammy Payton
<http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/edu/rubric3.htm>

Web site Evaluation Criteria
<http://www3.baylor.edu/LIRT/lirtcrit.html>

Evaluating Website Content
<http://members.tripod.com/exworthy/eval.htm>

Website Evaluation Criteria
<http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/instruction/webcriteria.htm>
Many other Web sites discuss Web evaluation criteria:
    Content Sample:
    Evaluating Internet Resources (University of Albany Libraries)
    http://library.albany.edu/internet/evaluate.html
    Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
    http://milton.mse.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/index.html
    Evaluating Web Pages: A Web Quest (Teachers page, grades 9-12)
    http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/evalwebteach.html
    (Joy Valenza, Springfield Township Highschool)

Website evaluation criteria - an analysis of why websites fail
<http://www.web-design-uk.biz/website-evaluation/
website-evaluation-criteria.htm>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://snipurl.com/ge88>

Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources
by Esther Grassian, UCLA College Library
<http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/>

Web Searching Tips and Techniques
 Workshop Main Page  Overview  Directories vs. Search Engines
 Search Engine Components  Features  Searching Strategies
 Searching Alternatives  Access to Search Engines
 Website Evaluation & Citing

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/
workshops/search.htmld/evaluation.shtml

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://snipurl.com/ge8f>

ESL Website Evaluation [English Second Language]
<http://www.athabascau.ca/html/
services/counselling/english/websites.htm>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://snipurl.com/ge8i>

Usability website evaluation
<http://www.webcredible.co.uk/services/website-evaluation.shtml>

Website Evaluation & Web Usability
<http://matrix.msu.edu/educonsult/usability.html>

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Evaluating Web Sites:
WHAT MAKES A WEB SITE GOOD?
<http://www.multcolib.org/homework/webeval.html>

Website Evaluation Criteria
<http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/528.html>

Evaluation Criteria for Websites
<http://www.gmc.edu/library/web_evalualtion.htm>

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Temple University
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