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and not a drop of “think”
Validating & Evaluating Internet Information
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Dealing with the “Data Smog”
•“Never before has so much information been available to so many people…•Never before have so many people been so confused.” Nortel © Ad
•What are some of the issues discussed on the WWW about validation of Internet resources?•How does a researcher establish information reliability?
More than Citing Sources
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•Author’s Credentials•Reliability•Credability•Currency
Discuss Issues
•Point-of-View•Type of site•Relevance
Advanced Search Techniques•Discuss Intellectual Properties & Copyright Laws•Search techniques•http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/lonlinesearch.html •http://www.learnwebskills.com/search/ •http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/searchtable.htm •http://www.library.und.edu/research/handouts/Advanced_Searching_Techniques.pdf •http://www.bewebaware.ca/english/EffectiveOnline.aspx
Evaluation Criteria
•AUTHORITY •ACCURACY •OBJECTIVITY
•CURRENCY •COVERAGE •ORIENTATION
Citing Sources Ethically
•Intellectual Property•Copyright Issues•Citation Styles
Discuss
Create a resource slide with hotlinks to sites that
demonstrate weak and excellence for each of the following:
•AUTHORITY
•ACCURACY
•OBJECTIVITY
Create A Bibliography Slide
Citation MachineClick Here
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Plagiarism
• Use the “Find” feature
• Use Google
• Use Advanced Search Assistant
Primary, Secondary, TertiarySources
• What are these? Give examples of each.
• When should each be used?
• When will each of these not be appropriate?
• Where do you look for Primary Sources?
Challenge
• REAL-WORLD RESEARCH
• Give Examples
How Might Wikipedia be Used in a REAL-WORLD Research Project?
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography
• www.diigo.com
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