Evaluating Web Sites for Educational Uses
Compiled by librarian Carolyn Kotlas, this page includes a bibliography (with live links) of
information in journals and on the web on evaluating web sites. Also
includes a useful list of characteristics to look for when visiting a site.
Six Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites
Guidelines adapted with permission from: Kapoun, Jim. "Teaching Undergrads Web Evaluation: A
guide for Library Instruction." College and Research Libraries News 59
(July/August 1998): 522-523 by CSUF librarians C Bednar, S Cox, J Hickok
and E Housewright
WWW Evaluation Resources
Maintained by JoAnne Greenbaum in connection with her CSUF Reading 290 (Critical Reading as
Critical Thinking) class.