Issues in Latin America

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Internet vs. Databases

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

LET’S TRY GOOGLE!google.com

EVALUATING INFORMATION

“Wrong”Information

“Right”Information

EVALUATING THE INTERNET

Is the website backed by experts?

Is the website commerical or non-commercial?

Can you determine the authors of the website?

Image: “dot com” by Thomas Hawk via Flickr under a CC-license.

Is the information backed by sources?

Is the information verifiable elsewhere?

Is the information relevant to your topic?

Images: “IT everywhere #31” by Paul the Wine Guy via Flickr under a CC-license.“Smack in the middle” by ogimogi via Flickr under a CC-license.

Is the information up-to-date?

Can you tell when the information was published?

Does the website present new information?

Images: “#1 New MacBook” by Mikael Miettinen via Flickr under a CC-license.“2009-07-09 What Day Is It?” by RG of CS-taking a bit of a break via Flickr under a CC-license.

Is the information presented objectively (when needed)?

Is the information comprehensive?

Is there a clear bias for a single viewpoint?

Images: “Chain” by waffler via Flickr under a CC-license.“Load or unload” by Pulpolux !!! via Flickr under a CC-license.

HOW TO USE GOOGLEADVANCED SEARCH

google.com

WHAT IS A DATABASE?search engine for printed publications

scholarly journals popular magazines

newspapers other content

DATABASES vs THE INTERNET

updated daily

academic content varied content

updated irregularly

little or no reviewingof websites

PEER REVIEW

peer reviewing of articles

Images: “049”, “Fresh from the Still”, “question mark ?”, “What ?” , “Question mark” via Flickr, under a CC-license.

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