Example Of Website Reliability Report

Website credibility is important today because the web has become a major information source for many people. When searching for information, how does one determine if the information is reliable? Since I am anticipating becoming a Nurse Practitioner in the future, the rationale for selecting this site was to access evidenced based information regarding quality measures for diseases and treatment plans. I used Google as the search engine to locate a website related to evidence based guidelines. The site selected was http:// www.guideline.gov/imdex.aspx. The site’s domain (. gov) is considered a reliable source for information and the information is from a reputable government agency, the Department of Health and Human Services. The purpose of the site was listed as a public resource for guidelines that are evidenced based. It was difficult finding recent articles discussing credibility of websites since most of the interesting articles were published more than five years ago. I did locate two recent articles as listed in the references related to the subject. These articles assisted me in determining the credibility of this website by ensuring that I look for impartiality, popularity of the site, currency of information, and
The authors did express their opinions, however the information in the article was backed by research and therefore evidenced based. The website did not include any advertising. The website was difficult to navigate through but this this could have been because there was so much information located in various areas. In addition, I was not familiar with the site and therefore not sure where to locate the information quickly. The website did have a privacy and electronic policies tab listed at the bottom of the site. The information also included links to the Federal Government Privacy