What To Keep In Mind As You Search…
• Anyone can publish anything on the web.
• All websites are not created equal.
What To Keep In Mind As You Search…
• Anyone can publish anything on the web.
• All websites are not created equal.
• There is more to a good search than clicking on the first website on your search results!
Use the right keywords, and enough
keywords:
• Saturn and planet, not just Saturn.• Eoin Colfer biography, not just Eoin
Colfer.
Use the right keywords, and enough
keywords:
• Saturn and planet, not just Saturn.• Eoin Colfer biography, not just Eoin
Colfer.• “crime prevention“, not crime prevention.
Second step in finding a suitable website???
Look at your search results before you start clicking away!
• Authority - Is there an author? - Is the author qualified? - Is the sponsor of the page reputable?
• .gov, .mil, .us : government sites
• .edu - educational site
• .org - non-profit organization
• .com - commercial site
• Accuracy - Does the information appear to be error-free? - Does the website offer footnotes or links?
• Objectivity - Does the website offer unbiased information, or is the page designed to sway your opinion? - Is there any advertising on the page?
• Coverage - Is what is offered on the website what you are looking for? - Is this as good a resource as can be found?
To Find a Good Website…
• Search effectively.
• Ask questions: Authority, Accuracy, Objectivity, Currency, Coverage
• Ask your teacher or librarian.
Bibliography
Terdiman, D. (2007). Growing Pains for Wikipedia, C/NET News.com,
http://www.news.com/Growing-pains-for- wikipedia/2100-1025-3-5981119.html
Beck, S. (2007). The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: or Why it’s a Good Idea to Evaulate Web Sources, http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html
Dalton, B.and Grisham, D. (2001). Teaching Students to Evaluate Internet Information Critically, Reading Online, http://www.readingonline.org/editorial/edit-index.asp?HREP=/editorial/december2001/index.html
YALSA, (2006) Find Good Websites Fast,www.ala.org/YALSA
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