Basic Information

• What is the URL of the Web source you are evaluating ?
• What is the name of the site?

Content & Evaluation

• Who is the audience and what is the purpose of the Web Page?
• How complete and accurate are the information and the links provided?
• Does the Web page use multimedia well?
• How valuable is the information provided in the Web page?

Source & Date

• Who is the author?
• How knowledgeable and authoritative is he/she (or the group)?
• When was the Web page last revised?
• Are the links up to date? Are there broken links?
• Can you contact the author by e-mail?

Structure

• Does the Web page use good graphic design?
• Are the graphics and art functional or decorative?
• Is the writing clear and easy to understand?
• Is there a good balance between inward-pointing links ("inlinks" i.e., within the same site) and outward-pointing links ("outlinks" i.e., to other sites)?
• Can you get the information you need within 3 or 4 clicks?

Personal Reaction

• What do you like most about this site?
• What do you like least about this site?

Based on questions created by Esther Grassian, UCLA College Library.