Gullible's

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Gullible's Travels
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Do you believe
everything you read?
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books?
the newspaper?
the Internet?
television?
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The largest repository of knowledge ever created
is rapidly becoming
the single finest source
for getting it wrong.
the Internet
Keith Ferrell, former editor of Omni magazine.
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In a national survey about news sources
for Editor and Publisher (5/15/00), 76 percent of
550 regular Internet users said they could learn
everything they needed to know from the net.
In the same survey, 51 percent said the
Internet had the most accurate information.
a survey of 1,693 studentsfound that 22
percent believed that 80-100 percent of what
they found on the net was truthful.
In the same survey, although a majority of
students maintained that only 50-70 percent of
what was on the Internet was true, they lacked
sufficient strategies for deciding what was true
and what wasnt.
Block, Marylaine. "Gullible's Travels. Library
Journal, v127 i7 (April 15, 2002) S12(3).
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• What to look
• for in websites

• Accuracy
• Authority
• Timeliness
• Objectivity

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Are there quotes?
Are there spelling errors?
Are any graphs or charts clear and easy to
interpret?
Are sources cited? Is there a bibliography?
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Anyone can author a website? Whos your author?
A celestial navigator or ?
Is there an author?
Does the author have credentials?
Is an organization associated with the website?
Is there an About Us or Contact Us link?
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Timeliness
Does the page list a creation date?
When was the site last updated?
Does the information seem to be out-of-date and
therefore irrelevant and/or unreliable?
Are there links and do they work?
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Click here to examine this website.
Why is this information being provided?
What is the domain? (.edu, .gov, .com, .org)
Is there advertising? Are they trying to sell you
something?
Is someone trying to fool you? Is it a bogus
website?
Might the author have a bias?
Does the content seem to be factual or opinion?
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Click on screens to compare and evaluate these
websites.
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Click on screens to compare and evaluate these
websites.
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Where do you find material for a research paper?
Articles in print journals
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websites that provide accurate
information (.edu .gov .org)
reference books
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government documents
scholarly full-text articles from online
databases
microfiche/microfilm
encyclopedias/dictionaries
books
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Dont believe everything you read.
Dont be a fool!
Evaluate.
Question.
Think critically.
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Evaluate websites.
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Bibliography
Ferrell, Keith. The largest repository of
knowledge ever created is rapidly becoming
the Single finest source for getting in wrong.
US Airways Attache, February, 2003. pp. 54-55.
Gullible's travels Marylaine Block shows how to
teach students to guard against misinformation,
disinformation, and spin on the net.
http//libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?l
ayoutarticlearticleidCA210719 Block,
Marylaine. "Gullible's travels Marylaine Block
shows how to teach students to guard against
misinformation, disinformation, and spin on the
net. (cover story). Library Journal, v127 i7
(April 15, 2002) pS12(3)
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