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Who Is Providing You Information?

Who Is Providing You Information?. By Kristin Willmore RHSM Librarian. Who Is Providing You Information?. Objective: Who is providing us information on the Internet? AND Why is it important that we find out?. Internet today: Overwhelming Hard to find stuff Unorganized

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Who Is Providing You Information?

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  1. Who Is Providing You Information? By Kristin Willmore RHSM Librarian

  2. Who Is Providing You Information? Objective: Who is providing us information on the Internet? AND Why is it important that we find out?

  3. Internet today: • Overwhelming • Hard to find stuff • Unorganized • TMI (too much information)!

  4. Do you really know who is providing you information? • How often do we check to see who is providing information? • Do you just click on the first few links? • Can we trust those sources?

  5. Example • Martin Luther King.org • Search in Googlehttp://www.google.com • In top 5 • Selecthttp://www.martinlutherking.org

  6. Example • Martin Luther King web site • It’s a dot org (.org) • Top of the search list • Has a good description Can we trust it’s a reliable website?

  7. Investigate further • Go to Easy Who Is to find out • http://www.easywhois.com • Type in the URL • Scroll to registration information • Notice Storm Front Organization • Provides organization, address, phone number and email address

  8. Investigate further • Who is Storm Front Organization? • Google it! • Zog Storm Front Org. is a white nationalist organization • Can we trust them for MLK information?

  9. Storm Front = hate group • Why would Storm Front host a MLK website? • Accurate information? • Bias in information?

  10. Many other inaccurate websites • e.g., 1/4 of health information • It’s important to evaluate the source • Can’t trust everything on Internet

  11. What are some things you can do to evaluate a source? • Go to the help screen on a search engine • Easy Who Is.com • Google your source

  12. Test Time!!!

  13. Why is it important to investigate who our source of information is?

  14. Would you use this site for popular young adult book reviews?http://seagullbook.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=seagull&Category_Code=bestitems

  15. Would you use this site for science fair project ideas?http://earthops.org/space.html

  16. Would you trust this site for a recommendation on a comfortable mattress?http://streetmattress.com/sm.php

  17. Thank you!

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