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Western Hills Middle School Library: Website Evalution

Website Evaluation

According to the latest estimates, 328.77 million terabytes of data are created each day. (https:explodingtopics.com)  Therefore, we should be careful when gathering information from the Internet to ensure that it is accurate.  

Five Questions for Website Evaluation

Who?  Who wrote the pages and are they an expert?

What?  What is the site's purpose (informational, opinion, advertising)?

When?  When was the site created?  When was it updated?

Where?  Where does the information come from?  

Why?  Why is this information useful for my project?  

These Databases are Credible Sources