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Students:
It is your responsibility to make sure that
the websites that you use for research during this class are academically
acceptable. This means that the sites that you choose to reference
are accurate, objective, current, and written/published by respectable
academics with expertise in the field(s) that you are researching.
To help you determine if the site that you have chosen is acceptable, please
print and fill out the following questionnaire.
TOPIC
THAT YOU ARE RESEARCHING: ________________________________
Questions
1. Name of the WebSite visited:
2. URL of the Website visited:
3. Is the name of the Author of the site
easily identified?
Name:
4. Do you consider this Author to be
an expert in the field that you are researching?
Why or Why Not? (credentials,
etc.)
5. Is there a way to contact the Author
about the information on the site that you visited?
How? (phone, address, etc.)
6. Is it clear who is sponsoring the
page that you are visiting?
Who? (university,
government, etc.)
7. Was the information that you found at this site presented with details and specifics?
8. Was the information that you found generally free of any personal opinions or blatant bias?
9. Was the information that you found on this site meant to sway your opinion in any direction towards an individual or organization?
10. Did the information found on this page generally coincide with information you had found in other sources? (encyclopedia, etc.)
11. Is there a bibliography or list of references that were used in the creation of this page?
12. Do you trust the information?
13. Is there a date stated when was this
site created?
Date:
14. Has this site been updated recently?
Date:
15. Are the links associated with this site in good working order?
16. Do the links from this site generally focus on similar or related topics to the one that you are researching?
17. Are there spelling errors, grammar errors, or other errors on the page you visited?
18. Is the text easy to read?
19. Is the text confusing, contradictory, or in any other way suspicious?
20. Lastly, would you recommend this
page to other students who were researching your topic?
Why or Why Not?
TO BE FILLED IN BY MR. LOHMAN:
THIS WEBSITE WAS:
_____ ACCEPTABLE 
_____ UNACCEPTABLE 
Resources used in the creation of this form:
Evaluating Web
Resources
Evaluating
Web Resources - Milner Library, Illinois State University
Evaluating Internet
Resources: A Checklist