Week Nine

On week nine i learnt about evaluation of internet sources,in today's world growth of the internet give us opportunity to find data and information to all over the world. Companies, organizations  educational insinuations, community and individual people all serve as information through the internet. But sometimes internet doesn't provide the accurate information so when evaluate the internet resources to judge the quality or appropriateness of information for a particular query or user. Therefore user evaluate the internet sources. Here are some of the criteria for evaluating sources. It should be evaluated on the basis of the following broad levels of analysis:

Purpose

what are the author's or producer's goals and intention?

How they inform or explain their users?

Does the site promote of product?

Scope

Is the information most complete available? is it extensive?

What subject area, time period, formats or types of material all are covered?

Authority refers to the author or other source of the information.

Is the author's name available?

What is the author's training, education, experience in the field?

Can the author be conductance for clarification or to be informed of new information?

Audience

Who are the intended users of this resource?

Will the resource satisfy users need?

Information content - its all about the currency - how old is this information?, Accuracy refer to overall excellence of the information.Is the information logical, well-organized and supported by evidence?Is a subject specialist available who could advise as to the accuracy of information content? and uniqueness - is the resource original, or has it been derived from other sources?

In design and layout organization  navigability, style & functionality and color are included. And in access /work ability user friendless, site search engine, required computer environment, brows-ability  software reliability, language etc are included.