evaluating information sources is this “good stuff” for my report?
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EVALUATING INFORMATION SOURCES
Is this “good stuff” for my report?
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Things to Think About
Authority Who wrote this? Are they experts? Are they reliable?
Currency Is this information up-to-date?
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Things to Think About
Purpose/Bias Why was it written? To inform, entertain, persuade
Relevancy Does it have information I need?
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Another Thing to Consider
Ease of Use Can I find information quickly? Can I understand the information?
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Print vs. Internet Sources
Print Authority
Editors Librarians
Currency Published once reprinted
Internet Authority
Anyone
Currency Can be updated
frequently
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Checking Things Out
Print Look at the TITLE
PAGE and VERSO Author Publisher
Internet Check the
HOMEPAGE Author URL (Internet
address)http://dsc.discovery.com/dinosaurs/
Updated?
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Understanding URL’s
http://dsc.discovery.com/dinosaurs/ 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
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Look at the URL
• Someone’s PERSONAL PAGE? a name after a ~%UsersISP—aol, Verizon, OptimumWeb hosting provider geocities, wetpaint,
weebly or aol.com
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Keep looking at the URL
• Type of DOMAIN Extensions .gov and . mil. edu. org .com .net
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Look some more
• Country codes .us .ca .au .uk .de
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Looking at some Internet Sources http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/
dino/index.jsp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur http://www.geocities.com/dinowight/ http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/d
inosaur.html http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/dinos/refer.s
html http://www.dinosaurs.bz/
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Look even closer
• For the author• Expert or hobbyist?• Credentials given?
• For the publisher or domain• Finding it
• Between http://and 1st / http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/
Internet/Evaluate.html
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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 adswww.unmuseum.org/dinosaf.htm Are different ideas
discussed?
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www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/matisse
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pcez/hd_pcez.htm
http://www.asds.org/AH2002/julie/Cezanne.htm
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus
/
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http://www.asds.org/AH2002/julie/Cezanne.htm
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http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pcez/hd_pcez.htm
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http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/
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Use sources that are reliable, up-to-date, easy to use, and fair.
Make good choices . . .
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