NEISD Web Content Evaluation Chart

Name: ____________________ Date: ____________

Name of Page / Site: ________________________________________

URL (web address) of site: ___________________________________

Circle 'Yes'" or "No" as you feel appropriate to evaluate the validity of the web page’s information. Check "Hooray" when you feel that your evaluation in that category supports your use of the page for research.

Evaluation Criteria			Notes / Comments	Hooray!
Does the URL (web address) support the possibility of this being reliable information?	Yes	No
Does the page include information on who authored it and does this person seem to be an appropriate person to author the page?	Yes	No
Does the web page list any bibliographic information?	Yes	No
Can you find links to this site from other sites? / Does this site have links to other reliable Internet sites? What types of sites are linked? (educational, game sites, news, etc.)	Yes	No
Does the page list contact information for the author?	Yes	No
For time sensitive information -- Is there a date listed about when the page was last updated and is it current?	Yes	No
Think of the intended audience for the web page; Is it students doing research? If no, who do you think the intended audience is? (teachers, customers, teenagers, etc.)	Yes	No

How do you feel about the reliability of the information at this web page (please rate on a scale if 1-10, with 10 being the highest -- if unsure, look at how many "Hoorays" were awarded)?

Explain why you think this site would be a reliable or unreliable site for web research:

Click here to go to a page of links to web sites that we will use this chart to evaluate.