Web Site Evaluation for Hart English 50

Group 1: Who is the Author?

• Is it an individual or group?
• What are the author's credentials, educational background, area of expertise?
• Has this individual or group published elsewhere?
• Have other scholar's cited this author's work?

Group 2: Why was the source written?

• Is the information presented fact, opinion or propaganda?
• Does the author want readers to take action in some way?
• What sorts of claims are made?  Do they seem reasonable and in line with other books, articles, web sites?
• Is the author's point of view impartial and objective?

Group 3:  How was this web site written?

• Does the author tell how facts were gathered?
• What types of sources are used?
• Is there any sort of documentation, for instance, a bibliography or "credits"?

Group 4: What has been written?

• Do you trust the information?
• Is there a potential conflict of interest?
• Is there another source for this same information that could be more trustworthy? 

(KeyWord Challenge)