This document provides guidance on evaluating websites by outlining why website evaluation is important, questions to consider when evaluating a site, and factors to examine like the author's credentials and potential biases. The objectives are to help the reader understand why websites need to be evaluated, what questions to ask to assess reliability and currency of information, and what to look for on a site like its purpose and depth of coverage.

1. Evaluating Websites

2. By the end of this session you will …
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Know why you need to evaluate websites
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Know which questions to ask yourself
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Know what to look for on a website
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Know how to do it!
Aims & Objectives

3. You evaluate websites because…
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You want your information to be trustworthy
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You want your information to be objective
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You want your information to be current
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You want your information to be fit-for-purpose
Why evaluate?

4. Questions to ask yourself…
1. Who created the website?
2. What is the purpose of the site?
3. Is the information current?
4. How in-depth is the information?
5. Is there an ‘About us’ page you can read?
Who?
What? How?
Why?

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Weighing up…
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Is it commercial?
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Is the author
reputable?
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When was the site
founded?
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Is it objective?
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Is the topic in
depth?
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Think about the site…
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Is it personal?
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Is the author
unknown?
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When was the site
last updated?
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Is it biased?
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Is there any missing
data?
Making judgements

6. • why you need to evaluate websites
• which questions to ask yourself
• what to look for on a website
• how to do it!
Recap
You should now know …

7. Any questions…?
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8. Thank you for your attention!