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FREE Web(Google, etc.)
• Results from general search engines
• Results can be from virtually anyone, anywhere (hobbiest? or scholar?)
• Results can be accessed by anyone with the Internet
• Makes the individual solely responsible for determining whether the info is accurate.
Invisible Web(database subscriptions)
• Results not “seen” in the free web.
• Results have been through an editing process (scholars)
• Most can only be accessed via a paid subscription to certain databases
• Helps the searcher insure all info is accurate.
When it’s OK
• Searching for popular culture/current news
• Looking for multimedia regarding a particular subject
• Shopping• Searching for personal
use• Searcher is a personal
expert on topic, can evaluate effectively for accuracy
When it’s NOT
• Searching for purely academic results
• Looking for primary sources and documents
• Searching for photos, etc. that are not in the public domain
• Searcher is a novice to the subject and needs assistance in finding authentic information
Credible• http://www.dhmo.org/
Current• http://www.who.int/docstore/tobacco/ntday/ntday96/
Objective• http://www.martinlutherking.org/• http://www.thekingcenter.org/
Accurate• http://www.malepregnancy.com/
How can the LMC help?
• Present web-evaluation techniques to your classes
• Use our web-site evaluation formhttp://lswhs.leesummit.k12.mo.us/lmclsw/research.htm