Evaluating Websites I…

 The Globalization Website:

http://www.sociology.emory.edu/globalization/

Coverage:

the coverage is in depth because the website is all about globalization and written by scholars and professors and its updated frquently

Accuracy:  

the blog extension is .edu and its updated in less than three months

contributers to the site are professors and scholars

Authority:

Frank Lechner, Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University, started this site in 2000 and provided most of its content. Teresa Loftin, senior web developer at Tuft University, designed the site. John Boli, Professor of Sociology at Emory, contributed to the content.

Some of the materials specifically support Sociology 266, Global Change, a foundation course in the sociology major at Emory that has been taught since 1997. Several faculty teach sections of this course on a regular basis. The course recognizes the importance of global awareness for today’s college students and reflects the Emory sociology department’s focus on international research.

The University Teaching Fund Committee at Emory provided financial support for the initial development of this site.

Objective:

This website welcomes anyone interested in globalization — students taking courses on the subject, scholars engaged in research, members of groups involved in global activism, and the general public. It has three sets of goals:

1. Globalization is the defining phenomenon of the turn of the century. The term expresses a widely shared awareness that the globe as a whole is undergoing major change. This website aims to shed light on the process and contribute to discussions of its consequences.
2. Globalization is also a popular buzzword; the notion that it is a cliché has itself become a cliché. Yet it is a focus of increasingly heated contention about the direction and impact of global change. This site aims to explain its meanings and clarify the debates surrounding it.
3. Globalization has become the subject of a rapidly expanding literature. Many organizations provide data and resources of interest to students of globalization. This site aims to serve as a guide to the social scientific literature and other available resources.

why specific this site?

it offeres in depth analysis and research about globalization since the whole website is dedicated to globalization

its updated fequently and professors and scholars contribute to it

its offeres indepth coverage, accuracy and objectivity

How to be found?

i used yahoo search engine and i tuned my search to bring me sources of extension .edu and .gov only in addition to websites updated withing three months and no more than that