1. Evaluating Websites Using CRAAP 

2. Why Evaluate Websites? Anyone can publish on the Web
Many resources are not verified
No editors
Web often used to give a point of view
Market orientated
Mix of entertainment, information and advertising

3. Evaluate Websites Using the CRAAP test
Currency
Relevance
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose

4. Currency The timeliness of the information.
Is the information up-to-date?
Is the date of publication available?
Is there enough information on the topic?

5. Relevance The importance of the information for your needs
Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question?
Who is the intended audience?

6. Authority The source of the information.
What are the author’s qualifications for writing this web page?
Are the author’s name and credentials listed on the website?

7. Accuracy The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content
Can it be verified in an encyclopedia?
Is it relevant to your topic?
Does the author indicate where he found the information?
Is the information free of spelling and grammatical errors?

8. Purpose The reason the information exists
What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade?
Do the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear?
Is the information fact? opinion?
Does the point of view appear objective and impartial?
Are there political, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases?

9. Avoiding Plagiarism

10. Plagiarism
the act of passing off as one's own the ideas or writings of another

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