Reliable Websites

Choosing Reliable

Websites

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Think for a minute…

• What do you need in a good Internet site?

• Are all Internet sites real?

To believe or not to believe…

• http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/biomes.htm

• http://www.worldbiomes.com/


Questions to ask

• Authority– Who says? – Know the author

•Who created this information and why? •What knowledge or skills do they have

in the area? •Is he or she stating fact or opinion? •What else has this author written?


Authority

• Anyone can be an author on the Internet

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Questions to ask

• Objectivity– Is the information biased? – Think about perspective.

•Is the information objective or subjective?

•Is it full of fact or opinion? •Does it reflect bias?


Questions to ask

• Authenticity – Is the information authentic? – Know the source

•Where does the information originate? •Is the information from an established

organization? •Has the information been reviewed by

others? •Is a bibliography provided citing the

sources used?


Questions to ask

• Timeliness– Is the information current?

•Does the page provide information about specific dates of information?

•Does currency of information matter with your particular topic?

•How current are the sources or links?


Items to consider

• Advertisements• Publishing date provided• Cite your sources• Wikipedia

– ANYONE can add information– It is a good STARTING point


What does the URL mean?

• .gov– U.S. Government website– Usually a good site to choose

• .edu– Higher education sites– Reliable sources

What does the URL mean?• .mil

– Military site

• .org– Organization– Religious, charitable, or a lobby group

•com & .net– Internet Service Provider– Commercial Site


Searching• Boolean Searching

– Quotation Marks• Find the exact phrase

– And• Results will include both words

– Or • Results will contain at least one of the

words

– Not• Results will not contain the specific word• “Greenhouse not CO2”


SourcesBarker, J. Basic Search Tips and Advanced Boolean Explains. Retrieved

October 25, 2009, from http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Boolean.pdf

Evaluating Internet Resources. (2007). Indiana University Purdue University of Indianapolis. Retrieved September 8, 2009, from http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic32.htm

Evaluating Web Sites. (2009). Lesley University. Retrieved September 8, 2009, from http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/research/evaluating_web.html#purpose

World Biomes. (2000). Worldbiomes.com Retrieved September 8, 2009, from http://www.worldbiomes.com/

Zapato, L. (2008, December 23). Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie. Retrieved September 8, 2009, from http://zapatopi.net/afdb/

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• Information– Username: 787student– Password: student

Education

Reliable Websites