Ricky Morris
History 343

 

NATO

www.nato.int

Questions to ask.

1. What is the scope of the site.

What is included as well as what is not included

This site includes present documents from NATO, as well as multimedia photographs. It also includes a site search engine and an on-line library.

There isn’t very many things that this site does not have.

Are links provided to other sites? (and if so are they useful?)

Yes, many links to different sites are given and have proven to be quite useful.

How is the site organized? How many "levels of navigation" does it have?

This site is very well organized. It gives many headings under which options are given. This site has over 10 levels of navigation.

How easy/difficult is the site to navigate?

This site is very easy to navigate. It is even more so due to the search engine

2. Who are the sites authors? (person, institution)

Can you tell who the author(s) is (are)?

If you go to the on-line library you can pull up a list of authors and it tells everything they have written and submitted to the nato site.

Do they list their credentials? Educational backgrounds?

no

Are they experienced in their fields?

Yes, the authors that nato publishes on their web site come with high expectations

Are the authors cited by others?

no

What is the site's institutional affiliation?

NIDS (NATO Integrated Data Service)

3. What category does the site fit in (what type of information are you getting from that site)?

Archival documents, including pictures

4. What is its focus: American, non-Western, etc., time-period or general This site’s focus is on western countries. Especially concerning those affected by decisions of NATO.

5. Rate the information contained in the site:

Are the facts and information presented accurate?

Yes, very accurate

How is the information documented?

It is documented on a time scale. For instance, anything new on April 6th would be found under section on April 6th.

Is the information current?

Yes, updated currently.

Is the information biased?

No, I didn’t see any biases.

Are criteria listed for including information?

Must be current information or information useful to public.

Does the site appear to be well researched?

Yes, information is very good and appears to be researched well.

How does the information compare with other sources that are available on the topic. It compares very well to other information that I have found but, doesn’t appear to be any better other than accessibility.

6. Rate the site:

Is the information or site stable through time?

Yes, it is updated daily.

When was the information last updated?

Today

Does the site list any awards that they have received?

no

7. How does this site relate to the course you are currently taking?  How helpful/not helpful is it?  Would you recommend it to other students? It would be very helpful in history 343 since we discuss NATO a lot in our lectures. I would recommend this site to other students taking courses in all history classes.

8. Write a brief narrative summary of the site.  What courses and kinds of research would this site be most useful for?

This site is great for letting the public know what is going on with NATO and how it is going to effect his or her country. It gives the public a great research tool and puts a lot of information at our fingertips. With current documents, daily updates, tools to pull up old documents, links to other pages, and a great search engine make this site very useful for all history courses and for any kinds of research. Courses of European nature might find this site even more useful .