How internet use is changing society

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How internet use is changing society 3.Deciding if information is Credible: Suppose you find some information on the web that you want to use in your paper. You would then have to decide whether or not it is a credible source. How would you decide if a source was credible?

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How internet use is changing society

3.Deciding if information is Credible:

Suppose you find some information on the web

that you want to use in your paper. You would

then have to decide whether or not it is a credible

source. How would you decide if a source was

credible?

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Your answers:

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WHO? Expert/Credentialed 9 - 1 specific author 1- would research the author 5- would look at author’s other work 1- a “known” author 2- the website has an author 4Wouldn’t use if not from an expert 1 - nor blog 3- -nor .com 1- nor chat 1 - nor Wikipedia 1- nor commercial site 1- nor fee-based site 1 - nor (wiki) collaboratively written 1

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WHAT?Source Total 35.gov 8.edu. 9.org 6Government site 1Educational site 1From a university 2Who is the audience? 1Biased? 2From a journal 1From a peer-reviewed journal 1Well-known publication 1ProQuest (“search engine”)From a library or found on a library webpage 5Quality Total 14Accuracy/lack of inaccuracies 2

Corroboration with other info 11

Believability 1

References Total 6Source listed 4

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WHEN?

Currency Total 6 12%

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Research Resources:

SCC Library Books

SCC Library Databases

Internet

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Research Resources:

SCC Library Books

SCC Library Databases

Internet

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Where do I start?

Library Homepage

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Journal topic:

a. What did you learn today?

b. What are you still “foggy” on?

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Literature/PoetryResearch Skills

SCC LibraryJanine Odlevak

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Think critically about information

producer/creator

Expert?

content

Relevance? Audience? Purpose? Quality? Bias?

currency

Appropriately Current?

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HO?

HAT ?

HEN ?

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