Things to Consider…

Online Research2006 March

Site Purpose

One-sided or biased?Advertising?Who sponsors the site?Kids or adults?Angry/ hateful?Age limits, fees, passwords,

registration?

Website Location

Look at the information in the web address.com - commerical.org - not for profit organization.edu - educational (college).mil - military.net - network organization

(Comcast).ca - foreign (Canada)

Website Location

~Tilde in web address - usually a personal web page - it can be biased

Author

Identified by name?Who does the person work for?Have they received awards?Could the author be contacted?Spell checked, good grammar?

Useful

Is there enough information?Is most of what you need there?

Up-to-date

Does it say when it was created?

Can you tell when it was last updated?

Are there dead links?

Ease of Use

Text easy to understand, read?Titles and headings helpful?What’s new, site map, search

feature?Loads quickly?Links easy to find?

Who is…

George Washington Carver

Who is…

Dr. Charles Richard DrewRichard Drew

George de MestralEdwin Perkins