EVALUATING INFORMATION SOURCES Is this “good stuff” for my report?

Things to Think About  Authority  Who wrote this?  Are they experts?  Are they reliable?  Currency  Is this information up-to-date?

Things to Think About  Purpose/Bias  Why was it written?  To inform, entertain, persuade  Relevancy  Does it have information I need?

Another Thing to Consider  Ease of Use  Can I find information quickly?  Can I understand the information?

Print vs. Internet Sources Print  Authority  Editors  Librarians  Currency  Published once  reprinted Internet  Authority  Anyone  Currency  Can be updated frequently

Checking Things Out Print  Look at the TITLE PAGE and VERSO Author Publisher Internet  Check the HOMEPAGE Author URL (Internet address) Updated?

Understanding URL’s  hypertext transfer protocol  www  Domain name  Domain suffix or extension . com.org.net.edu.. mil.gov.bz  Personal pages  Members, ~, geocities, aol, k-12 / Folders  Wiki

Look at the URL Someone’s PERSONAL PAGE?  a name after a ~  %  Users  ISP—aol, Verizon, Optimum  Web hosting provider geocities, wetpaint, weebly or aol.com

Keep looking at the URL Type of DOMAIN Extensions .gov and. mil . edu . org .com .net

Look some more Country codes .us .ca .au .uk .de

Looking at some Internet Sources  ex.jsp ex.jsp    tml tml  

Look even closer For the author Expert or hobbyist? Credentials given? For the publisher or domain Finding it Between 1 st / ate.html

Continue Checking Things Out Print  Ease of use  Availability  Purpose? Bias?  Are different ideas discussed? Internet  Ease of use  Can I navigate easily?  How fast is the connection?  Do the links work?  Purpose? Bias?  Are there a lot of ads  Are different ideas discussed?

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