Exercise A.

1. Which of the following items would help establish scholarly authority?

   1. The author's name if a recognized scholastic authority.
   2. The author's name.
   3. An URL that ends in .com
   4. An URL that ends in .edu
   5. The name of the institution sponsoring the site, if a recognizable institution.
   6. Name of the institution sponsoring the site.
   7. A record of the update history of the site.
   8. Name and contact information for author of Web page.
   9. Color scheme used on Web page.
   10. Links leading to author's present location.
   11. Links leading to author's academic credentials.
   12. Searchable keywords that might provide links to other sites that would establish the authority of the actual site.
   13. Date on which site was last updated.
   14. Location of the page within an overall site that lends credence of authority.
   15. Identification on page that author is from an elite university.
   16. Identification on page that author is male.
   17. Identification on page that author is in a government organization.

2. List any other factors that might help to establish authority.

3. Go on the Web and rank some sites.

Exercise B. Evaluating a Site on Eating Disorders to Include CSUDH

I found the following Web site in the May 1998 issue of Artweek. It focuses on eating disorders and was created by students for students. It fits in beautifully with the site I am hoping to put up shortly on Women's Issues: Eudora. Here is the site URL:

http://www.eating.ucdavis.edu/dept/eating/resource/resources.html

For statistics class, collect the following information:

1. How many university sources are provided on the site?

2. How many California State College resources are provided on the site?

3. Is there a Los Angeles resource given on the site?

4. If we at CSUDH wanted to provide such a university resource, how could we get the statistics to show our need for such a site?

   Consider asking other site resource centers.
   Make a list of questions we would need to ask the other resource centers. (Do NOT e-mail me the whole list. Just e-mail that you did this.)
   Make a list of offices on our own campus where you could get statistics on our need for this kind of resource.

5. If we managed to create such a resource on our campus, how would you go about having CSUDH included on the resource list on the site?

6. What would we need to do to include this site on a site or our own dealing with this issue?

Jeanne.