High School Life Project

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Evaluating Information

3 minutesWith a partner, list 2 websites you use

and consider reliable (you trust the information you find there)

List 2 websites you think might be unreliable (the information is not always trustworthy)

Evaluating Information

Share your answersWhat makes a site reliable?What makes it unreliable?

Evaluating Information

PurposeAuthorityObjectivityCurrency

•Evaluate information -- don’t believe everything you read

•Compare multiple sources

•Always cite your sources (Easybib.com)

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Newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals, images, reference books, primary sources and more

School pays for access – has info you can’t get free on the web

Edited/fact checked, so often more reliable than websites

Evaluating Information

Which of these would you trust the most?

o A university website (.edu)s Wiki Answerss A printed books A 4th grader’s personal website

Evaluating Information

Which of these would you trust the most?

3.Wikipedia4.A government site (.gov)5.Yahoo Answers6.An article from the New York Times

Library Resources

From Lakeridge High School home page, hover over “Library”

Choose “Class Projects”

Find helpful links, MLA format, Works Cited examples

Cite Your Sources

Demonstration: Citing a Novel

Knowles, John. A Separate Peace. New York: Scribner, 200

Demonstration: Citing a Personal Interview

Doe, Jane. "High School Experiences." Personal interview. 19 Sept. 2011. Print.

Format Your Paper

Format Your Paper

Works Cited Page

Review

Where can you find library resources for this project?

Name at least one web site where you can create MLA citations

Where can you find sample papers in MLA format?

How do you decide which citation comes first on your Works Cited page?