CEN 4010: Principles of Software Engineering: Website Evaluation

Use the CRAAP Test to evaluate information sources, including websites. 

• Currency
• Relevance
• Authority
• Accuracy
• Purpose (Bias)

Here are a few sites for general and specific CRAAP Tests:

• .gov = a U.S. government website
  (i.e., White House)
• .com = a commercial website
  (i.e., Amazon)
• .edu = an educational website
  (i.e., Florida Atlantic University)
• .org = a non-profit organization website (i.e., National Education Association)
• .uk, .fr, etc. = websites from countries other than U.S. (i.e., United Kingdom, France, etc.)

TIP: Search Google for a topic by suffix to restrict the search to types of websites. Search format: put in search terms, and then site:.____ (____ will be .gov, .edu, .org, etc.)
(Ex: African crafts site:.edu will bring up websites about African crafts at .edu websites)

EasyBib (Identifying Fake News: An Infographic and Educator Resources [blog]

The techniques outlined in this infographic can also be applied to general Website Evaluation.