INFO 100: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LITERACY WORKSHOP
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

Session III: EVALUATING WEB PAGES:
LINKS TO EXAMPLES


Instructions: Visit two of the sites listed below.  Evaluate them using the Site Evaluation Worksheet and the criteria discussed earlier in the session. Does the page inspire you to use it as a resource?  WHY or WHY NOT?

  1. OncoLink (http://oncolink.upenn.edu)
  2. The National Right to Life Committee (http://www.nrlc.org)
  3. USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com)
  4. Autonomy Publishing Corporation (http://www.autonomy.com/auto-1.htm) Note the link to "Biography and information about Elliot Essman" at the bottom of the page.

  5. The National Anti-Vivisection Society (http://www.nvas.org)
  6. Philadelphia Online (http://www.phillynews.com)
  7. Tobacco Control Archives (http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/index.html)
  8. NARAL (National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League) (http://www.naral.org)

  9. About USA Today Online - the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) (http://www.usatoday.com/leadpage/about.htm)
  10. Melatonin Central (http://www.melatonin.com)
  11. American Smoker's Alliance (http://www.smokers.org)
  12. HHS News (http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/releases/96news/96news/nrsmoke.htm)

  13. Smoker's Home Page (http://www.tezcat.com/~smokers/)
  14. Article by Hope Tillman entitled "Evaluating Quality on the Net" (http://www.tiac.net/users/hope/findqual.html)
  15. The "Alternative" White House (http://www.whitehouse.net)
  16. The Minuteman Press Online (http://www.afn.org/~mpress/)

  17. Oxyfresh (http://www.oxyfresh.com)
  18. Essays on the Anti-Smoking Movement (http://www.tezcat.com/~smokers/issues1.html)
  19. Roget's Thesaurus (http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html)
  20. Joe Boxer (http://www.joeboxer.com)

  21. ITI Information Center (http://www.itimiami.com)
  22. Timothy Burke's Home Page (http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/tburke1)
  23. The True but Little Known Facts About Women with Aids, with documentation (http://147.129.1.10/library/lib2/AIDSFACTS.html)
  24. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition (http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html

  25. CourtTV (http://www.courttv.com)
  26. Blue Dog Can Count (http://kao.ini.cmu.edu:5550/bdf.html)
  27. World Health Organization Document (http://www.who.ch/programmes/psa/wnd96/pk96_5.htm)
  28. CNN (htp://www.cnn.com)

  29. Federal Tax Forms (http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/pubs.html)
  30. Wall Street Journal (http://www.wsj.com)
  31. Imelda's Dr. Seuss Page (http://www2.interconnect.net/drseuss/home.html)
  32. Ten Reasons Why Aerobic Exercise Is Important (http://bold.coba.unr.edu:80/jenscott/Fitness.html)

Note: These links are provided as a resource to assist in teaching. No responsibility is taken for the content of the material found on the linked pages. Users should be aware of the possibility of encountering potentially offensive material at some sites. 
Most of the links on this page were originally listed on a page that categorized them to illustrate various concepts of Web page evaluation.  That page can be found at http://www.science.widener.edu/~withers/examples.htm  (Copyright Widener University 1996.  Compiled by: J. Alexander & M. Tate: July 1996.  Date Mounted on Server: 9 September 1996. Last Revised: 20 March 1997. Used with permission.) The links have been rearranged on the current page, without categorization, for use as a teaching aid for the course "Information Technology Literacy Workshop" at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 61701. I rearranged the links so that when students chose random examples for examination they would be more likely--as a class--to have covered the various concepts, providing for a better class discussion.
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