1. How did you find the site:

A recommendation? from whom?
A link from a reputable site?
From a library database?
Result of a search on an Internet search engine?
Is it a "sponsored" link?

2. What domain is the page coming from? edu, gov, org, com, net. Other?

Does it have a ~ or % or another symbol after the first slash?

3. Does the page creator take personal responsibility for the content?

• field of expertise?
• credentials?
• affiliation?
• telephone number or email address [which works]?

4. Can you figure out why they have put these pages on the web?

"about us"?
"mission statement"?
"who we are"?
ideology apparent?

5. Is the information balanced or is the information part of an "editorial" opinion? Scholarship or Propaganda? See What Do Good Academic Sources Look Like?

• Does the page supply a reputable source for statistics and other information?
• Does it include a bibiography?
• Is this information being offered verifiable?
• From a trustworthy source?
• Did you verify it?
  

7. If the information is good according to all of the above criteria:

• Is it current or just automatically dated?
• Is it complete or or part of a larger item?

 

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