slides from the second class, september 5, 2013
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Tonight’s AgendaWriting Center/MySkillsLab (guest)Information Literacy
Validity in the academic worldValidity in the outside world
Library OrientationPlagiarism
TurnItIn originality reports, similarity indexesHow to do this week’s homework
Information LiteracyHow do you decide what information is
credible?Credibility = believabilitySkills involved in judging credibility:
Knowing how structures, procedures, and institutions control information
Staying aware of clues within sources that help you judge their credibility
Cross-referencing information among multiple sources
Information LiteracyReal world examples of decision-making
challenges related to credibilityhttp://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/http://martinlutherking.org/http://
www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=576074
http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/martin.asp
Information LiteracyThe academic world uses credentials,
institutional affiliation, prestige, and the peer review system as guides to credibility.
Peer review example: http://www.editorialmanager.com/ncteej/
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