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Evaluating sites for leap
This document provides guidance on how to evaluate websites for reliability and quality of information. It discusses evaluating websites based on currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose. For currency, it advises checking when the site was created and last updated. For authority, it recommends evaluating the author's credentials and potential biases. Accuracy can be assessed by checking for proper references, grammar, and consistency with other sources. Purpose determines whether the goal is to teach, sell, entertain, or persuade. Applying these criteria of currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose can help determine which websites provide good information.
Evaluating sites for leap
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- 2. Consumer resources Government data Entertainment Currentresearch Online communities News and current events The Web offers a wealth of information
- 3. But how dowe know what sites have good information? ?
- 4. Critically Analyze Sources Usethe Expert’s Tools. Look for: • Currency • Relevance • Authority • Accuracy • Purpose
- 5. Currency Is theinformation time-sensitive? When was the site created? When was it last updated? (whois.net can help with this) How current are the links to the page?
- 6. Which to Choose? Updated Unknown Updates? Thissite created 5/23/97. This site created 12/19/98. Last updated 6/2/12.
- 7. Relevance Does theinformation relate to your topic? Is the information at an appropriate level? How in depth is the material? Who is the intended audience?
- 8. Authority Who isthe author? Does the author have credentials? Does the author have a certain bias? Is there contact information for the author? Who is the publisher? (use whois.net)
- 9. Which to Choose? Scientistsand Researchers at NASA Unknown Author
- 10. Clues to Authority TheURL - .com = commercial site .edu = educational site .gov = government site .net = network (private or commercial) .org = organizationd Look author up in Google. Look for an “about us” link. Be carful of a site that has a tilde (~) in the URL. Do other sources refer to this author/publisher?
- 11. Accuracy From whatyou already know, does the information seem accurate? Did the author follow basic rules of grammar, spelling, and composition? Are proper references given to original sources? Can you find the same information in other sources? Did the source lead you to other sources of information that were useful?
- 12. Purpose What isthe purpose of the information? To teach? To sell? To entertain? Or persuade? Is the purpose clear? Does the author have a particular bias? Are biases clearly stated? Is the source designed to sway opinion?
- 13. Which to Choose? Italy:History and Society Book a Trip to Italy!
- 14. Can You EvaluateThese Correctly? http://www.beverageinstitute.org/ http://www.thedogisland.com/ http://www.webmd.com/ http://www.dhmo.org/ http://www.mayoclinic.com/ http://www.umich.edu/~engtt516/index2.html
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