Web-site Evaluation
                                           (1)
  1. Mankato, Minnesota (http://www.mankato-mn.gov/)
OBJECTIVITY/ADVOCACY:
  1. -Yes,objective
  2. -No
  3. -Yes,it is created by “Vision Internet-Innovators of Online Government” and sponsored by the Government of Mankato
AUTHORITY:
1. - No
2. - No, there are a link and a phone number to contact customer service
3. - No
ACCURACY
1. - No
2. -Yes
CURRENCY:
  1. - No,there is only the year when the site was created-2018
  2. - No
  3. -  No
  4. - Yes, these links bring me to other parts of this very site.
COVERAGE:
  1. - Yes
  2. -  No

Only 3 “yes” answers-this site does not look like a credible one.

  1. Mankato, Minnesota (http://descy.50megs.com/mankato/Mankato.html)
OBJECTIVITY/ADVOCACY:
  1. -Yes,advocacy
  2. -No
  3. -No. Moreover, the site “has been hijacked by Sheikh Yarbouti”.
AUTHORITY:
  1. -No, but I know the name of its redactor - Bruce Farnsworth
  2. -No
  3. - No,it is only said there that the information from this site is used in New York Times and some other newspapers or magazines.
ACCURACY
  1. - No
  2. - Yes
CURRENCY:
  1. - No
  2. - No
  3. - Yes,it is revised  first Monday of each month
  4. - Yes
COVERAGE:
  1. -Yes
  2. -No

5  “Yes” answers - the site is not very reliable

                                                                    (2)
I evaluated the source “Physics and Star Trek” (http://www.physicsguy.com/physandtrek/) using Quick Guide form for web-site evaluation (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/EvalForm.pdf).           I considered the site credible because I could find answer for 5 out of 6 questions of this list.
The evaluation I’ve done is the following:
Quick Guide
1 Authority - the author is Jason W.Hinson, a physicist
2 Purpose - the source is created as an attempt to prove or disprove some concepts used in science fiction from the point of view of particle physics
3 Publication & format - Where was it published? In what medium?
4 Relevance - Physics has nothing to deal with my research,so this source is irrelevant for me; the scope of this research is to show how science fiction is close or far to “real science”.
5 Date of publication - It is not shown
6 Documentation - Yes,there is a link to “The Original Usenet Physics FAQ”
                                                                     (3)
It is important to evaluate the quality of information on the internet for the following reasons:

  1. Information provided on a site may be subjective
  2. The author of this site may only sound authoritative while not having even basic knowledge in fields he writes on indeed
  3. If a site is a personal one,its author is free to post there whatever he wants,even the information which is untrue.

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