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Evaluating the Infinite Archive Adam Crymble

Plan for Today Background lecture Discussion of experience with digital archives Workshop: evaluating a historical website Time to start drafting blog post

Terminology

Archive

Evaluating Sources

Wikipedia

The Last American Pirate

The Onion

“Woman’s Parents Accepting of Mixed-Attractiveness Relationship” “U.S. Government Offers 100 Million Americans Generous Severance Deal to Leave Country” “Michelle Obama quietly reassigned to department of Agriculture after butting heads with the President”.

The Onion

Evaluating the Old Bailey Online

Can you build a citation? Author Title Editor (if relevant) Publisher (whose site is it?) Date of Publication

Berkeley Checklist from 1995

Activity: Evaluate a History Website Critically evaluate a website with a partner, writing down what about the website tells you it is or is not a trustworthy scholarly resource. What might you have to watch out for when using this site for research? What are the site’s scholarly limits? Strengths? These written notes will form the basis of your blog post. If we have time, we will come back together as a group to discuss what we have found. Using the notes you created with your partner, write a critical evaluation of the website you were assigned, addressing the questions above