Citing
a website article
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Website
Evaluation
Guide
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Example of a Website that is credible
Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web
that typically covers related topics
Top of the article
Structure: Last, First M.
Website article. Website. Publisher, Date published.
Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
Author: This author is a
*Note:
URL is optional.
your teacher
journalist
and hasConsult
verifiable
credentials
Website
Website article
Currency: This article provides a
publishing date and it is current
Bottom of article
Within the article
Article footer –
Author
Citations & Links: News articles don’t usually
Date electronically published:
have or require citations, but a good source
7/15/10
provides
links for further reading on the
subject
Often contains website publisher information
Website publisher
Data accessed: Depends on the day
When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must be considered unique
Publisher: This site provides a
publisher, who upon investigation,
was found to take responsibility
Satalkar, Bhakti. Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com.
Buzzle.com,
July
for their
content and 15
to be
credible
Article Footer
Citation:
2010. Web. 16 July 2010.
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Citing
a website article
- MLA
Website
Evaluation
Guide
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Example of a Website that is credible
Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web
that typically covers related topics
Top of the article
Structure: Last, First M.
Website article. Website. Publisher, Date published.
Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
*Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher
Citations & Links: A good
source provides
citations for
Website
its information as well as links
for further reading on the
subject
Website article
Within the article
Bottom of article
Author
Date electronically published:
7/15/10
Article
Author: This author is a
journalist and has verifiable
footer
– Often contains website publisher information
credentials
Website publisher
Currency: This article provides a
publishing date and it is current
Publisher: This site provides a
Data accessed:
Depends on the day
publisher,
who upon investigation,
When
did to
you
access
the source? Web sources may change and must be considered unique
was
found
take
responsibility
for their content and to be
credible
Article Footer
Citation:
Satalkar, Bhakti. Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 15 July
2010. Web. 16 July 2010.
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Citing
a website article
- MLA
Website
Evaluation
Guide
Cite it at easybib.com
Example of a Website that is credible
Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web
that typically covers related topics
Top of the article
Structure: Last, First M.
Website article. Website. Publisher, Date published.
Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
*Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher
Website
Website article
Currency: This article provides a
publishing date and it is current
Author: This author is a
journalist and has verifiable
credentials
Within the article
Bottom of article
Author
Citations & Links: News articles don’t usually
have or require citations, but a good source
provides
links for further reading
on the
Date electronically
published:
subject
7/15/10
Article footer –
Often contains website publisher information
Website publisher
Publisher: This site provides a
publisher, who upon investigation,
When did you access the source? Web sources may change and
be to
considered
unique
wasmust
found
take responsibility
for their content and to be
Article Footer
credible
Data accessed: Depends on the day
Citation:
Satalkar, Bhakti. Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 15 July
2010. Web. 16 July 2010.
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Citing
a website article
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Website
Evaluation
Guide
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Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web
Example
of related
a Website
that may be credible
that typically covers
topics
Top of the article
Structure: Last, First M.
Website article. Website. Publisher, Date published.
Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
*Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher
Currency: This article provides a
publishing date and it is current
Website
Website article
Author: This authors for this
site vary greatly in their
journalistic experience and
credentials, therefore it is
difficult to know whether this
content should be trusted.
Within the article
Bottom of article
Author
Citations & Links: News articles don’t
usually have or require citations, but
should at least provide
links for
electronically
published:
further reading on the subject
Date
7/15/10
Article footer –
Often contains website publisher information
Website publisher
Data accessed: Depends on the day
Publisher: This site provides a
publisher,
who unique
upon investigation,
When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must
be considered
Article
Footer Bhakti.
Citation:
Satalkar,
was found to be credible, but
doesn’t necessarily take
responsibility for the content
Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 15 July
2010. Web. 16 July 2010.
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Citing
a website article
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Website
Evaluation
Guide
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Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web
Example
of related
a Website
that may be credible
that typically covers
topics
Top of the article
Structure: Last, First M.
Website article. Website. Publisher, Date published.
Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
*Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher
Website
Author: The authors on this site
range in journalistic experience
and credentials, and therefore it
Website article
is difficult to decide if the
information they present should
be trusted.
Currency: This article provides a
publishing date and it is current
Bottom of article
Within the article
Article footer –
Author
Citations & Links: News articles don’t usually
have
or electronically
require citations, but
should at least
Date
published:
provide
links
for
further
reading
on the
7/15/10
subject
Often contains website publisher information
Website
publisher
Publisher:
This
site provides a
publisher, who upon investigation,
was found to be credible but
doesn’t necessarily take
Data accessed: Depends on the day
responsibility
forunique
the content they
When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must
be considered
publish.
Article Footer
Citation:
Satalkar, Bhakti. Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 15 July
2010. Web. 16 July 2010.
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Citing
a website article
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Website
Evaluation
Guide
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Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web
Example
of related
a Website
that may be credible
that typically covers
topics
Top of the article
Structure: Last, First M.
Website article. Website. Publisher, Date published.
Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
*Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher
Author: The authors of the
reviews for this
Website
site vary greatly
in their journalistic experience
and credentials, therefore it is
difficult to decide whether the
information provided should be
Website article
trusted.
Within the article
Currency: Each individual review
provides a publishing date.
Bottom of article
Author
Citations & Links: News articles don’t usually
Date electronically published:
have or require citations, but should at least
7/15/10
give
links to related topics.
Article footer –
Often contains website publisher information
Website publisher
Publisher: This site provides a
publisher, who upon investigation,
Datawas
accessed:
on the day
found to beDepends
credible, but
When doesn’t
did you access
the
source?
Web
sources may change and must be considered unique
necessarily take
responsibility for the content they
provide.
Citation:
Satalkar, Bhakti. Water Aerobics."Article
Buzzle.com.
Footer Buzzle.com, 15 July
2010. Web. 16 July 2010.
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Citing
a website article
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Website
Evaluation
Guide
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Example of a Website that is not credible
Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web
that typically covers related topics
Top of the article/Within the article
Structure: Last, First M.
Website article. Website. Publisher, Date published.
Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
Citations & Links:
The
articles
onteacher
this
*Note: URL is optional.
Consult
your
site do not cite their
information.
Following the related
article links leads to
Website
questionable. This is
a site that publishes
massive amounts of
articles based on
what will
direct the
Website
article
most amount of web
searches to their
page in order to
drive up their ad
revenue, as opposed
to publishing articles
because they want to
provide good and
reliable information.
Bottom of article
Author: The authors on this site are only identified
Author
by a first name initial and last name. Therefore it
is impossible to search for them and discern their
credibility/expertise/level of knowledge on the
topic on which they are writing.
Currency: This article
provides a publishing date
and it is current, but not
Date electronically
published:
all articles
on this site are
7/15/10
up to date.
Article
footer
Article
Footer
–
Often contains website publisher information
Website publisher
Publisher: This site provides a
upon
When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must be publisher,
considered who
unique
investigation, was found to be
of questionable credibility and
does not take responsibility
Citation: Satalkar, Bhakti. Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com.
15 is
July
for Buzzle.com,
the content that
published.
2010. Web. 16 July 2010.
Data accessed: Depends on the day
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Citing
a website article
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Website
Evaluation
Guide
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Example of a Website that is not credible
Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web
that typically covers related topics
Top of the article
Structure: Last, First M.
Website article. Website. Publisher, Date published.
Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
Author: The authors on this site
are not given, and therefore it
is impossible
to discern
*Note:
URL is optional.
Consulttheir
your teacher
credentials and authority to
speak on any given subject.
Website
Currency: This article does not
provide a publication date,
therefore Website
it is impossible
to tell
article
whether the information it
provides is out of date.
Citations & Links: The articles on
this site do not cite their
information. Following the related
article links leads to questionable
Bottom of article
content, and reveals one of the main
criticisms of eHow.com. This is a site
Author
that publishes massive amounts of
articles based on what will direct the
most amount of web searches to
their page in order to drive up their
Date electronically
published:
ad revenue, as opposed to
7/15/10
publishing articles because they
want to provide good and reliable
Article footer – Often contains website publisher information
information.
Within the article
Website publisher
Publisher: This site provides a publisher, who upon
Data accessed: Depends on theinvestigation,
day
was found to have questionable
When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must be considered unique
Article Footer
Citation:
credibility and who does not take responsibility for the
content they provide.
Satalkar, Bhakti. Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 15 July
2010. Web. 16 July 2010.
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Citing
a website article
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Website
Evaluation
Guide
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Example of a Website that is not credible
Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web
that typically covers related topics
Top of the article
Structure: Last, First M.
Website article. Website. Publisher, Date published.
Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
*Note:
URL isThe
optional.
Consult
yoursite
teacher
Author:
authors
on this
are not given, and therefore it
is impossible to discern their
credentials and authority to
speak on any given
subject.
Website
Website article
Currency: This article does not
provide a publication date,
therefore it is impossible to tell
whether the information it
provides is out of date.
Within the article
Bottom of article
Author
Citations & Links: The articles on
this site do not cite their
information.
Following thepublished:
related
Date
electronically
article links leads to questionable
7/15/10
content.
Article footer –
Often contains website publisher information
Website publisher
Data accessed: Depends on the Publisher:
day
This site provides a publisher, who upon
When did you access the source? Web sources
may change and
beto
considered
unique
investigation,
wasmust
found
have questionable
Article Satalkar,
Footer
Citation:
Bhakti.
credibility and who does not take responsibility for the
content they provide.
Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 15 July
2010. Web. 16 July 2010.
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a website article
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Evaluation
Guide
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A Special Note on Wikipedia
Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web
that typically covers related topics
Wikipedia is a good source of general reference information that usually has data that is on par
with other encyclopedias. However, when one is writing a research paper it is never favorable to
: Last,
First Primary
M. Website
article.
Website.
Publisher,
Date
published.
citeStructure
general reference
sources.
and specific
sources
are always
the best
sources
of
information. Wikipedia, and
other
encyclopedias,
are
good
for
users
who
wish
to
obtain
general
Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
information. Wikipedia can also be useful for starting research if you investigate the sources they
are citing to obtain more specific knowledge.
*Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher
Top of the article
Website
Author: The authors on this site
are all users, and therefore it is
impossible to discern their
credentials and authority to
Website
article
speak
on any given
subject.
This is the main reason why
Wikipedia.org should not be
cited. While many of the articles
on the site have citations and
current dates, the fact that the
information is scholarly in
nature and yet lacks credible
authors is unacceptable.
Within the article
Bottom of article
Article footer –
Author
Citations & Links: This source
provides citations for the
information published as well as
links to related content. However,
Date
electronically
published:
this is
not necessarily true
of all
7/15/10
articles on this site. Its better to
use the citations to help you find
credible sources
Often contains website publisher information
Website publisher
Currency:
article provides
a publishing
DataThis
accessed:
Depends
on the day
Publisher: This site provides a publisher,
date and
it did
is current,
butthe
not
all articles
on
When
you access
source?
Web sources
may change and
must
be investigation,
considered unique
who
upon
was found to be
this site are up to date.
credible but does not take responsibility
for the content that is published.
Article Footer
Citation:
Satalkar, Bhakti. Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 15 July
2010. Web. 16 July 2010.
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Criteria for Evaluating Websites
Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web
that typically covers related topics
Main Criteria
Descriptions/Details
Possible Answers
Structure
: Last,
First M.
article. Website. Publisher,
Date published.
Author
Who
is providing
the Website
information?
User generated,
journalist,
What do Web.
you know
about
them
and
their
varies
greatly,
none
given/no,
Date accessed. <URL>.
credentials, are they an expert?
NA, Scholars in research
Can you find out more and contact them? *Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher
Search for author or publisher in search engine.
Has the author written several publication on the
topic?
Website
Publisher/
Affiliation
Is there a sponsor or affiliation?
Who is linking to the page?
Do they take responsibility for the content?
Credible publisher, yes but
doesn't take responsibility, NA,
questionable publisher
questionable responsibility, Yes
article
butWebsite
not credible,
yes but not
necessarily credible
Bias/
Balance/
Purpose
Is the language free of emotion?
Does the organization or author indicate there
will be bias?
Is the website to inform or spread an agenda?
Are there ads? Are they trying to make money?
Why did they write the article?
Sometimes, Sometimes rightist, Sometimes - leftist,
corporate sponsorship, seems
balanced, NA, generates content
to sell ad space
Citations &
LinksBottom
Copy and paste a sentence into Google to see if
text can be found elsewhere
ofthe
article
Are there links to related sites and organized?
Author
Citations/Bibliography provided?
Accuracy
Is the Data verifiable and accurate?
Complete
Is the source comprehensive?
Currency
Article
Design &
Quality
Data
Citations, citations and links,
links, no, NA, maybe
Good, unknown, varies, NA
Date electronically published:
Good, unknown, varies, NA
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When –
was
thecontains
source website
last updated?
footer
Often
publisher information
Does the source even have a date?
Is the overall web design easy to use?
Is it presented in a professional manner?
Does it seem
like current
design?
accessed:
Depends
on the
day
Yes - Up to date, Yes - Varies,
no, NA, unknown
Website publisher
Good, NA, Bad, old site, average
When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must be considered unique
Reproduced
Was it reproduced? If so, from where? Type a
No, NA, Yes with permission, yes
sentence in Google to verify
without permission, sometimes
If it was reproduced, was it done so with
with permission, sometimes
Citation:
Satalkar, Copyright/disclaimer
Bhakti. Water Aerobics."
Buzzle.com.
Buzzle.com,
15 July
permission?
included?
without
permission
2010. Web. 16 July 2010.
Credible
Based on previous criteria, decide whether the
source is credible overall
Yes, No, NA, Maybe
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