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How to Evaluate Web Sites

This page features a variety of guides, tutorials, and activities for evaluating web pages and learning about search engines.

Examining Web Pages
How to easily examine a web page for quality and quickly spot signs of trouble.

Five Criteria for Evaluating Websites
An older and more in depth look at web site evaluation.

Evaluating Web Sites
From the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Website Evaluation Criteria
Part of a website evaluation tutorial from Susan E. Beck of the New Mexico State University Library.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Website Examples
This section of the tutorial presents websites on the same subjects but of different qualities.

Search Engine and Directory Snap Shot
Offers descriptions of a variety of general puprose search engines and directories.

Web Resources
Offers descriptions of a variety of specialized search engines and directories.

Using Primary Sources on the Web
From the Reference and User Services Association, History Section, of the American Library Association

Evaluating Websites Activity

Web Savvy
A current and in depth web site evaluation tutorial.