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Calhoun Community College Library - Internet Resource Evaluation Form - Brief

Internet Resource Evaluation Form (brief)

 

  Name:   Date:  
     
  Source Name:  
     
  URL:  
   
 

AUTHORITY

What group or organization is responsible for the page?

 

 

Who is the author of the page?

 

 

What are his/her credentials?

 

 

Is there a contact address and phone number (not just an e-mail address)?

 

 

ACCURACY

Are the sources for any factual information clearly listed?

 

 

Is the information free of grammatical, spelling, and other typographical errors?

 

 

OBJECTIVITY

Is the information free of advertising?

 

 

If there is any advertising on the page, is it clearly marked as advertising?

 

 

Is the author promoting a particular point-of-view?

 

 

CURRENCY

Are there dates to show when the page was first placed on the Web and when it was last revised?

 

 

Are the links up-to-date?

 

 

COVERAGE

Is the page completed or still under construction?

 


Delores Carlito, General Reference Librarian

Updated 12/05; 1/05; 08/03; 07/02

Created 07/00

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