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Internet Sources: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Internet Sources: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Evaluating Websites. What do you get with a search?. Think about what you need. Endings like .com, .org., . edu can you trust them? How can you narrow your search to make it more efficient.

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Internet Sources: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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  1. Internet Sources:The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Evaluating Websites

  2. What do you get with a search?

  3. Think about what you need • Endings like .com, .org., .edu can you trust them? • How can you narrow your search to make it more efficient. • What are you using to search: Google, Yahoo, specific site, database? • How can you find what you need in everything out there?

  4. Websites • CARS (Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, Support) • Author • Quality Control: Peer review, sponsoring organization • Timeliness • Comprehensive: Is it one-sided or shows all perspectives? • Who is the intended audience? • Is it reasonable, is there a conflict of interest?

  5. Summary of The CARS Checklist for Research Source Evaluation Summary of CARS

  6. Summary of The CARS Checklist for Research Source Evaluation Website Checklisthttp://www.wildelake.com/research/websitechecklist.htm

  7. Instead of 54,000,000

  8. Wikipedia – Can you use it? There is something you can use! Scroll down

  9. You can check these since they were used to support the page, but STILL CHECK THEM!

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  14. Examples

  15. Resources: Works Cited Beck, Susan E. “Examples.” The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources. New Mexico State University Library , 27 Apr. 2009. Web. 11 Feb. 2011. <http://lib.nmsu.edu/‌instruction/‌evalex pl.html>.Harris, Robert. “Evaluating Internet Research Sources.” Virtual Salt. N.p., 22 Nov. 2010. Web. 11 Feb. 2011. <http://www.virtualsalt.com/‌evalu8it. htm>.

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