Practical 6

Name: Hong Yeu Wing
Class: P05
Title of Internet Resource: Animal Rights
URL: http://animalrights.about.com/

Purpose
Are the aims of the site clearly stated?
The aims of the site are clearly stated in the title.

Coverage
The site deals primarily with animal rights. The site covers subjects like basic animal rights, animal laws, organisations and activists, companies and their animal-related activities, and how you can get active to help animals. It contains the latest news about animal rights and its own newsletter and RSS feed which you can sign up for. The links to other sites are advertisements ad sponsored links so they are not very useful.

Authority
The site is a part of a respectable company: The New York Times Company and are written by reputated people or authorities in the field. The author can be contacted for clarification.

Accuracy
The articles are written by an authority in the field so there is some accuracy. There are no political biasness detected in the articles. There are no spelling or grammatical errors.

Currency
The information on the site is up-to-date and well-maintained. They have a blog that is frequently updated.

Accessibility
The website is easily accessible, no log-ins or registration required and all the information are free and easily reached. However, the forums would require one to register before posting.

Presentation and Arrangement
The information is formatted properly and presented clearly. As the site deals primarily in news and text-based articles, there is a lot of text on every page. However this does not make the site any harder to read as the text is spaced appropriately. The site also has a search engine and a list of their articles so that users can search the site easily.

Usability
The site is easy to navigate as most of the links bring you to the page that you need in three clicks or less. The search tool is also very easy to use, and the headings are very clear.

Overall
Overall, my impression of this site was a good one. There is constantly updated information on the site, and are presented clearly and neatly. The site has a blog that is updated regularly, but the articles are not.