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Evaluating Online Information

Laney College Library Ann Buchalter, MLIS. Evaluating Online Information. Today you are going to learn how to:. Part 1: Help Google help you! Locating Academically Acceptable websites. Part 2: Apply evaluative criteria (Website Evaluation Form) to website you want to use as a source.

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Evaluating Online Information

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  1. Laney College Library Ann Buchalter, MLIS Evaluating Online Information

  2. Today you are going to learn how to: • Part 1: Help Google help you! Locating Academically Acceptable websites. • Part 2: Apply evaluative criteria (Website Evaluation Form) to website you want to use as a source.

  3. Part 1: Help Google help YOU!

  4. Google Search Tips… • Limit search to specific domains: • .edu(educational) • .gov(government) • .org (non-profit organizations) • Limit search to specific file types: • filetype: pdf • filetype: doc

  5. What’s in a (domain) name… .com – commercial (for profit) entities .org – nonprofit entities .edu– educational institutions .gov– federal government agencies • .mil – US military • .int – international organizations • State or Country of origin • .de - Germany • .ca.us – California, US • .ca - Canada

  6. Use Google Advanced Search Option

  7. Breakdown of a URL: http://www.stanford.edu/~ccarson/articles/am_left.htm • http://is the protocol or access method • www.stanford.eduis the domain or host name • .eduis the top level domain • ~ccarson/articles/am_left.htm is the directory path folder on the domain computer

  8. Part 2: Evaluate, evaluate, evaluate…

  9. Web Page Evaluation Criteria • Domain • Appearance • Sponsor • Relevance • Authority

  10. Domain Name Criteria #1 • Domain-some are more “trustworthy” than others… • Web Site Title • Access Date- this is the date YOU found it “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” good not

  11. Criteria #2 Appearance (part 1) • Is there a lot advertising on the site? • Does the site look professionally done? • Are there any noticeable spelling or grammatical errors?

  12. Criteria #2 Appearance (part 2) • Check the links—working? relevant to the page? • Has web page has been updated recently?

  13. Criteria #3: Sponsor • Who is paying to put this site on the internet? • About Us/Contact Us page? • If the web page is located on a specific organization’s web site? • Is the site intended to be entertaining, educational, business related, or personal?

  14. Criteria #4 Relevance • Does the information contribute to your research in a significant way? • Is the material original research? Opinion or commentary on a topic? • How does it compare to your other sources?

  15. Authority Criteria #5 • Can you CLEARLY and QUICKLY identify the author of the web page/document you are using? • Can you determine what the author’s credentials are? • Did the author provide a bibliography?

  16. Let’s have a look: Testing… site #1 site #2 Random…

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