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General selection
criteria
Bibliography
on Evaluating Internet Resources/ Nicole Auer, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Resource
evaluation for BIOME- detailed criteria used for selecting
resources for this UK guide to biomedical information.
Brandt, D. Scott (May 1996).
Evaluating Information on the Internet. Computers in Libraries
16(5) (May 1996): 44-46. Available at http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/~techman/evaluate.htm
Criteria
for Assessing the Quality of Health Information on the Internet -
Policy Paper/ Health Summit Working Group. Presents a set of
seven criteria developed for use in evaluating the quality of
health information provided on the Internet. Used to develop the Information
Quality Tool "The IQ Tool helps you become an educated
consumer by helping you ask the right questions".
Critical
Evaluation of Resources/ Margaret Phillips, UC Berkeley
Library. Suggestions for evaluating a range of resources,
including books, articles and websites. Covers suitablility,
authority, other indicators, reference sources, and provides
links.
Critical
Evaluations Surveys/ Kathleen Schrock - criteria for
elementary, middle, and secondary school levels.
Database
quality criteria. This list is based on Reva Basch's article
in October 1990 Database Searcher, Measuring the Quality of
the Data, and relates particularly to online bibliographic
databases.
Developing Web Site Selection
Criteria/ James Testa. Outlines the process ISI uses to
evaluate web sites for inclusion in its databases. http://www.isinet.com/hot/essays/23.html
Ed's
OASIS: with examples of criteria/worksheets for evaluating
educational sites, and examples from a teacher's and a student's
point of view.
Edwards, Judith (1998). The good,
the bad and the useless: evaluating Internet resources. Ariadne
16 (July) http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue16/digital/
Evaluate
Web Resources http://www.clubi.ie/webserch/resources/index.htm
Detailed checklist under: Introduction, Source, Site/Article,
Content, Structure/ Navigation, Links, Site Integrity/ Access
Evaluating
Foreign and International Legal Databases on the Internet
http://www.llrx.com/features/evaluating.htm/
Mirela Roznovschi. Suggests criteria for evaluating legal
databases on the Internet.
Evaluating
information found on the Internet/ Elizabeth Kirk, Johns
Hopkins University
Evaluating
Information: Some questions to help you judge Online Information/
Elementary School Student's Internet Gateway
Evaluating
Internet Research Sources/ Robert Harris, Southern California
College. Provides a set of evaluative tests and advice to readers
on how to evaluate web information.
"Evaluating Internet
Resources: Identity, Affiliation, and Cognitive Authority in a
Networked World." John W. Fritch and Robert L. Cromwell
JASIST Volume 52, No.6, April, 2001 p. 499-507. Suggests specific
steps to establish authority and bias in web pages. Abstract at http://www.asis.org/Publications/JASIS/vol52n6.html.
Evaluating
quality on the net/ Hope Tillman
Evaluating
Web Sites/ Sandra Wittman. A brief list of criteria, and links
to related sites.
Evaluating
Websites / William Trochim: describes a project to evaluate
website technology.
Evaluating
Web Sites: Criteria and Tools Part of a Cornell University
site on carrying out research. Looks at context, evaluation
criteria web reviews and rankings and includes a Webliography.
Evaluating
World Wide Web Information/ Ann Scholz, Rutgers University
Libraries (summarised by Carole Leita in a useful bookmarks
tutorial, Evaluating Internet Resources: A checklist )
Evaluation
Criteria Rating System for Web Sites / part of ICONnect, a
site maintained by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL).
Evaluation
of Web Sites/ Ohio State University Libraries. Brief frames
based tutorial with links to example sites. "Goal: Become an
informed consumer of Web-based information. Time: 15-30
minutes"
Evaluation
Rubrics for Websites - includes forms ("rubrics")
that rubrics that either primary, intermediate, or secondary
students can use to evaluate websites. Part of a larger site with
information on establishing school web sites.
Five
criteria for evaluating Web pages - A basic set of criteria
(accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, coverage) based on:
Kapoun, Jim. "Teaching undergrads WEB evaluation: A guide for
library instruction." C&RL News (July/August
1998): 522-523.
Getting
It Right: Verifying Sources on the Net/ Sabrina I.
Pacifici. This guide provides strategies and tools to assist you
in the task of evaluating website content: analysing addresses,
asking librarians, applying a checklist, checking domain
registration.
The
Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate
Web Sources/ Susan E. Beck: discusses criteria of Accuracy,
Authority, Objectivity, Currency, Coverage, with links to
examples.
How
to Critically Analyze Information Sources/ Cornell University
Library (This deals with information sources in general, but
contains useful criteria)
ICYouSee:
T is for Thinking John Henderson's five suggestions when
examining Web pages
Internet
Detective: an interactive tutorial on evaluating the quality
of Internet resources. "An informal but comprehensive online
tutorial designed to teach the skills required to critically
evaluate the quality of information found on the Internet. The
tutorial includes interactive quizzes, worked examples and
practical hint and tips. ...Uses the TONIC-NG system hosted at
Netskills"
OASIS:
Student Evaluation Methods for World Wide Web Resources/
ThanhTruc T. Nguyen. An evaluation tool for high school students
to use in selecting appropriate resources from the World Wide Web
as information resources
InfoGuide: World
Wide Web Site Evaluation for Information Professionals/ Susana
Alves. "Includes documents which look at different aspects of
evaluating World
Wide Web sites from the quality of Internet information, to
design of web pages and the role of Information
Professionals"
Internet
Source Validation Project/ Memorial University of Newfoundland
- guidelines for evaluating web sources used in student work.
Library
Selection Criteria for WWW Resources/ Carolyn Caywood
Measuring
quality and impact of the world wide web/ Jeremy C Wyatt. BMJ
No 7098 Volume 314 28 June 1997. Evaluating medical web sites,
includes a useful table "Aspects of a web site which need to
be considered when evaluating its reliability"
Clement, Gail P. Pharmaceutical
Resources on the Internet: Criteria for Assessing Quality and
Value.
Publishers
Wanted, No Experience Necessary: Information Quality on the Web
/ Genie Tyburski. Law Library Resource Exchange 24 June
1997. Gives examples of five characteristics for identifying
information quality on the web: timeliness, expediency, accuracy,
objectivity, and authenticity.
Resource
selection and information evaluation/ Lisa Janicke
Selection:
What Makes a Great Web site? From ALA's ALSC Children and
Technology Committee, the selection guidelines from 700+
Great Sites for Children
Smith, Alastair G. (1997) Testing
the Surf: Criteria for Evaluating Internet Information Resources. The
Public-Access Computer Systems Review 8, no. 3 http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v8/n3/smit8n3.html
Spotlight
on BUBL/ Traugott Koch. This evaluation of BUBL includes some
useful evaluation criteria that could be applied to other
resources.
Teaching
Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources
Jan Alexander and Marsha Ann Tate at Widener University: provide
materials to assist in the teaching of how to evaluate Web
resources. It focuses on teaching how to develop critical thinking
skills which can be applied to evaluating Web pages. Useful
evaluation checklists for Advocacy, Business/Marketing,
Informationa, News, and Personal web Pages. Presentation on Advertising
and Sponsorship on the Web. Alexander and Tait are the authors
of Web Wisdom: How to Evaluate and Create Information Quality
on the Web.
Thinking
Critically about World Wide Web Resources/ Esther Grassian, UCLA
College Library
Tips
for Evaluating A World Wide Web Search/ Jana Edwards,
University of Florida. Guidelines for evaluating a WWW search
result under the headings: author/creator? Who publishes or
maintains? current information? format? bias?
TCJC Internet Gateway Project:
Tools for Librarians: Selection
Criteria. Brief list of criteria, and bibliography.
WWW CyberGuide Ratings for Content
Evaluation and for Web
Site Design / Karen McLachlan. Framework for rating sites for
instructional purposes.
Selection
criteria used for specific sources. Some of these are less useful
than others, but included to show the range of criteria that are
used for evaluation.
Argus
Clearinghouse for Subject Information Resource Guides:
Information: Ratings System
Significance
/ Cyberstacks (sm). These criteria are based on
criteria for conventional resources in the ALA's Reference
collection development: a manual and ignore factors specific
to Internet resources such as workability.
Evaluating
Internet Resources for SOSIG. Very detailed evaluation
criteria used for evaluating information resources for the SOSIG
social sciences directory. Grouped as Content, Form, and Process
criteria.
Internet
Public Library Selection Criteria
Librarians'
Index to the Internet: Selection Criteria for Adding Resources to
the LII: Based on usefulness to the public library user's
information needs: Content, authority, scope, design.
OPLIN
Electronic Resources Selection Policy Statement - defines
OPLIN's electronic content in support of Ohio public library
service.
Scout
Report Selection Criteria: Detailed criteria used by this
widely regarded current awareness service.
Snow, Bonnie (1998, August).
Internet Sources of Information on Alternative Medicine. Database.
http://www.onlineinc.com/database/DB1998/snow8.html
(viewed 12 Aug 1998). Useful discussion on evaluation criteria for
sources in alternative medicine.
Criteria
Used to Select Links for Resources' Catalogues: a collaborative
gathering of thoughts and ideas. Poll of WWW Virtual
Library maintainers on their selection criteria.
About
Yale University Library Selected Internet Resources.
The "Selectors & Selection Criteria" section
contains a brief but useful summary of the selection criteria.
Commentary
Ciolek, T. Matthew. 1996. The
Six Quests for The Electronic Grail: Current Approaches to
Information Quality in WWW Resources.
Rettig, James. Putting
the Squeeze on the Information Firehose: The Need for 'Neteditors
and 'Netreviewers
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