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Not All Web Pages Are Created Equally
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There are a Zillion Good Reasons to Evaluate
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What To Consider
Authority Sponsor Currency Purpose Audience
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Authority
• Is there an author? Is the author qualified? An expert?If not look for these clues:
Look for a header or footer showing affiliation. Look at the URL. http://www.fbi.gov Look at the domain. .edu, .com, .ac.uk, .org, .net
Remember:Anyone can publish anything on the web. WikiWebs, such as: WikipediaUse our subscription database:
ed1stop for Grolier’s EncyclopediaUsername: soquel_stuPassword: student
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Sponsor
Is there a sponsoring institution such as a company, government agency, university?
Remember: A sponsor may show bias. Information on the web page may be presented differently
depending on the institution that is sponsoring the page.
Who sponsors this page?http://www.martinlutherking.org/
And now a word from our sponsor…
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Currency
Is the page dated? If so, when was the last update? How current are the links? Have some expired or moved?
Remember:If current information is needed it is important to find out
when a web page was last updated.
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Purpose
What appears to be the purpose for this information? to inform? To explain? To persuade? To advertise or sell?
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Intended Audience
Who is the intended audience? School children? Teens? Adults? Volleyball players? People interested in buying a computer?
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Look for credibility clues!
When there is no author: Words and phrases to look for:
About us, Who Am I, FAQ’s E-mail
If you have no information other than an e-mail link, write a polite e-mail asking for more information.
Do a link check (or what do other think?) In Google or AltaVista type:
link:https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Your results will show which other sites have chosen to link to this
page. If respectable institutions have linked to a site, that provides a clue about the site’s credibility.
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Truncate the URL
Go from:· http://www.statecollege.edu/history/middleages/cha
ucer/smith.htm· http://www.statecollege.edu/history/middleages/cha
ucer· http://www.statecollege.edu/history/middleages· http://www.statecollege.edu/history· http://www.statecollege.edu/
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URLs as clues to content
.com=commercial sites (vary in their credibility)
.gov=U.S. government site .org=organization, often non-
profit. Some have strong bias and agendas
.edu=school or university site (is it K-12? By a student? By a scholar?)
.store=retail business .int=international institution
.ac=educational institution (like .edu)
.mil=U.S. military site .net=networked service
provider, Internet administrative site
.museum=museum .name=individual Internet
user .biz=a business .pro=professional’s site ~=personal site
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Compare two sites
Which of these would be better to use for a research paper on CLONING?
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml
http://www.genochoice.com/
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Remember, the free Web is not your only choice.
Did you use print sources? Did you search subscription databases? Did you check with your teacher-librarian
for advice?
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Just as you evaluate your sources . . .
Your teacher will evaluate your work based on the quality of the sources you select.
ASK YOURSELF: Is this site good enough to cite?
Use KnightCite to help you create your Works Cited or Bibliography
Quality always counts!
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