Evaluation for Internet Resources

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Title of Internet Resource: MaydayBlue, homepage
URL : http://www.globality.org/Mayday/MaydayBlueMain.html

Purpose
The aims of the website are clearly stated.

Coverage
The website talks about the previous album of mayday, which is the main focus of the website. The collection of data is very comprehensive.
The links to other websites are working and quite useful as they are all related to the main theme. The write-ups on the links help too.

Authority
The website as been discussed in some forums and feedback was that the users find the website meaningful and easy to understand.

Accuracy
The website talks mostly on a person opinion of the music, which in this website is about a famous rock band mayday.
The author of the website displays strong personal opinions in certain areas and there seems to be some kind of ideology in the concepts presented.
However, the facts are mostly accurate and there is no typo or grammatical errors.

Currency
The information was last updated on January 2007
The information is well organized according to the years and various categories, e.g., like the lyrics section and the review section. It is regularly updated also.

Accessibility
The website is easily accessible. It does not require registration or log-ins to view the information. It is available to all for free.

Presentation and Alignment
The information is well presented, clear and simple to understand. There are links to other more relevant websites in the same database and the links are pretty useful.
The arrangement of the information is neat and easy to view in one glance.

Usability
It is user friendly as it provides quick links at the top which links to the information at the bottom for quick references.

Overall
Overall, I am impressed at the presentation of the data, which was easy to understand and the website was easy to navigate. The information was comprehensive too.
However, it would have been better if the website was more colorful and had included more graphics. It could have used some music or some more colors to brighten up the pages and bring focus to more important information.
The alignment could have been better too.

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Title of Internet Resource: Hanzi Smatter
URL : http://www.hanzismatter.com/

Purpose
The aims of the website are stated clearly, in the headings.

Coverage
The websites talks about the misuse of Chinese words by western cultures. It is not very comprehensive as the amount of information is quite limited to a few sentences.
There are no links to any other websites which discuss similar information, like regarding the misuse of Chinese words. However, the links include the website promoting the correct use of mandarin and some other irrelevant links.

Authority
The author of the website is an individual which as expressed interest in this area of study. There is no information on the website stating if the author is a professional or not but as seen in the entries on the website, it seems that the author has a very wide knowledge on the Chinese language and the use of words.

Accuracy
The author mostly posts the real meaning of the Chinese character which he/she feels has been misused. The meanings of those Chinese characters are quite accurate.
The author adds the perceived meaning of the Chinese character by the western culture as a form of comparison and usually adds his/her own opinion in the entries.
There is no grammar or spelling errors in the website.

Currency
The information was last updated on January 2007
The information is well organized according to the years and various categories, e.g., like the lyrics section and the review section. It is regularly updated also.

Accessibility
The website is easily accessible. It does not require registration or log-ins to view the information. It is available to all for free.

Presentation and Alignment
The information is presented according to posts, sorted by date and it is clear and simple to understand.
There are also links to the archives and previous entries.

Usability
It is user friendly as it is easy to view and understand. The colors used are easy on the view’s eyes, white as the background and black words.

Overall
Overall, I am satisfied with the website as it has been interesting to read about the opinions of another and about the interesting misconceptions.
However, it would have been better if the website was more colorful and had included more graphics. The author could have made the website even more user friendly by dividing the links according to a certain subject, thus making it easy for any user to browse according to topic, rather than view one entry after entry.

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Title of Internet Resource: National Arts council, Singapore
URL : http://www.nac.gov.sg/

Purpose
The aims of the website are stated clearly, in the overview sub page: http://www.nac.gov.sg/abo/abo01.asp

Coverage
The websites contains all information available on the arts in Singapore, mainly dance, literary arts, music, theatre and visual arts.
There is also information on the latest events concerning these arts and further studies or opportunities related to these topics.

Authority
The author of the website is a government ministry.
It is the official website which many would think of firstly when it comes to any topic related to the arts in Singapore.

Accuracy
The websites contains the most accurate information and it is political biased as it belongs to a government agency. The facts stated in the website are also of factual accuracy.
There is no grammar or spelling errors in the website.

Currency
The information is constantly updated with the latest activities and policies and information related to the topic.

Accessibility
The website is easily accessible. It does not require registration or log-ins to view the information. It is available to all for free.
The website contains both images and text. It is best viewed in Internet Explorer 6.0 or Netscape Navigator 6.0 and above, which are both very common web browsers.

Presentation and Alignment
There is a content page and a site map.
The links are easy spotted; right on the top where it can be easily seen and the headings are easy to understand. There is also a search facility which allows the user to search for any information using certain keywords.
Usability
It is user friendly as it is easy to view and understand. The search facility is easy to use but the results are of a wide range and there are many different results and some of them are not related.

Overall
Overall, I am satisfied with the website as it has been interesting to read and it has been constantly updated.