Finding Reliable Websites

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Finding Reliable Websites

• December 1, 2006

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WOW

• Did you know the website is full of false
  information!
• Obtaining unreliable info. can severely hurt your
  grade!
• How can we be sure???

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FAKE SITES

• Here is proof that some sites can be
  unreliable!!!
• http//www.sree.net/stories/feline.html

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How can we know??
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Reliable Sources

• There are some sources that are known to be
  reliable.
• You will usually get correct information from
  sites like www.scholastic.com or www.history.com

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Check the College

• A reliable College Is
• better then University of

Harvard
Alcatraz
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Check the Date

• Look at when the page was published.
• You dont want a site published from -

1977
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Author

• Stay away from Internet information that doesn't
  list an author. Check credentials.

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Check Extension

• .edu school
• .gov government agency
• .org usually non-profit organization

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News Sources

• If using a news source be careful of bias

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The End