Notes

Evaluating Websites-

__What can the URL tell you?__ - look for personal names following a title(~) -Avoid personal pages -Look for Educational(.edu), nonprofit(.org), commercial, government(.gov) - investigate further

__Scan the perimeter of the page and look for answers to the following-__ Links that say, "About us", "philosophy", "background", "biography". Last updated form of conduct

__Look for indicators of quality info-__ -links off the site - "additional sites", "related links" - Links refuring to other documents - footnotes, evidence of research

__Does it all add up?__ - Why was the page put on the web? - inform, give facts, give data -explain, persersuade - Might it be irony, satire, or a parody