• How reliable and free from error is this web page?
• Who wrote this page?
• Are there editors and fact checkers?
• Are the research results valid?
• Are these real numbers and facts?

• Check the spelling
• Make sure the author provides an address/phone number or e-mail.
• Know the distinction between an author and a webmaster.
• Look for a bibliography or sources where they found their information.

• Who published this web document?
• Is it an organization, institution, or a person?
• What are their qualifications?

• Check in the header or footer of a web page for name of an author or institution. Decide who published this document.
• Check the web address domain (.edu, .gov, .org, .mil....) for type of web page.
• List of credentials of author
• Author's expertise in field
• Part of official document with link to main page.
• Check About Us or click on logo to find this info.

• What is the purpose, goal, or mission of the site?
• Is there a bias? Are they trying to persuade the audience?
• Is it a mask for advertising?
• Why was this written and for whom?
• Did they leave some of the information out or focus on only the positive or negative?

• Look for the mission statement, or listed objectives for this web site.
• Check About Us link or our goals link on main page.
• .org domain usually have a reason for presenting material.
• .com are commercial sites.

• When was this written?
• When was it updated?
• Are the links up-to-date?
• How recent are the facts and figures?

• Date produced, copyrighted or revised listed at header or footer.
• Check currency of material (census data, reports, research)
• Click on links to see if they are dead links.

5. Coverage

• Do they tell you enough?
• Do they provide sufficient data or evidence?
• Do they go into enough detail and depth?

• Are the links evaluated and do they correspond with the topic of the web site?
• Is the page only a list of links to other web sites?
• Is it free or is there a fee for information?
• Does it require special software to view the information?

• Is it easy to navigate?
• Do the graphic designs compliment the information?
• Is there easy searchability or interactivity in this site?
• Is it well organized?

• Do three clicks take you to your information?
• Can you get back to the main site or exit easily?
• Do the graphics emphasize a concept?
• Do the icons represent what is intended?
• Is there a search box to find information within this site?
• Is there an organized, easy to use table of contents?

• Has this been reviewed online?
• Has this site been reviewed in other literature?

• What do the reviewers say about this site?
• Does it have a stamp of quality from Librarians' Internet Index, RDN, Academic Info,... or other reviews or awards?