Research Project

RESEARCH PROJECTWhat should you know?

Today’s Objective:The student will become familiar with conducting credible internet searches. In addition the student will find and cite reliable evidence to support a thesis.

It’s on the internet…Everything is Reliable on the internet.

http://youtu.be/rmx4twCK3_I

False

How do I know what a credible site is?

Ask yourself these questions… Who? What? Why? When? How?

Who is the author?

IS THE AUTHOR IDENTIFIED?

IS THE AUTHOR CREDIBLE?

Who is the author?

DOES THE AUTHOR HAVE A BIAS?

WHAT ELSE HAS THE AUTHOR WRITTEN?

What is the intention of the website?

WHAT CAN YOU LEARN FROM THE URL?

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE WEBSITE?

commercial organization education government network information biz (business)

Inform Persuade Sell Explain Promote

Why is the site on the internet?

DOES THE SITE CONTAIN ADVERTISING? IF SO, DOES THE

ADVERTISING PRESENT A CONFLICT?

IS THE INFORMATION BIASED? IS THERE ONLY ONE

PERSPECTIVE?

When was the site created or last updated?

IS THE DATE OF CREATION RELEVANT?

IS THE INFORMATION CURRENT?

How easy is it to navigate the site?

ARE THERE BROKEN LINKS? ENDLESS LOOPS?

SPELLING MISTAKES? OBVIOUS ERRORS?

Can the information be verified elsewhere?

Triangulate the information (use three

independent sources).

QUESTIONS?

Plagiarism

Plagiarism definition

Using someone else’s work as your own. Intentional – copy and paste Unintentional – I read it, paraphrased it,

but it still wasn’t my thought or research. I did not CITE this information.