The Internet is a billion volume library. IS GOOGLE OUR FRIEND? Is Google your Friend?

The Internet is a billion

volume library

IS GOOGLE OUR FRIEND?Is Google your Friend?

WHY is it important to evaluate Internet resources?

ANYONEANYONE can " can "publish" " information on the Internet. on the Internet. Unlike traditional print resources, web resources rarely have editors or academic reviewers. No standards exist to ensure accuracy on the World Wide Web.

BAD SIDE of the internet

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Pacific Northwest Tree OctopusFrom Extinction!

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Sightings About The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

Rare photo of the elusive tree octopus

The Pacific Northwest tree octopus (Octopus paxarbolis) can be found in the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula on the west coast of North

America. Their habitat lies on the Eastern

Mixing fact with fiction to appear legitimateConservation OrganizationsGreenpeas.org - Greenpeas is working to save the world from humans. The Wildlife Fund - The WWF works to preserve genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity throughout the world. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre - An office of the UN that provides information for policy and action to conserve the living world. People for the Ethical Treatment of Pumpkins - How many pumpkins must be sacrificed every year to decorate our houses and keep our bellies filled with pies before we realize the error of our ways? Too many, it seems!

What's Wrong with Wikipedia?There's nothing more convenient than Wikipedia if you're looking for some quick information, and when the stakes are low (you need a piece of information to settle a bet with your roommate, or you want to get a basic sense of what something means…)

Nevertheless, when you're doing academic research, you should be extremely cautious about using Wikipedia. As its own disclaimer states:

information on

Wikipedia is contributed by anyone who wants to post material, and the expertise of the posters is not taken into

consideration.

Users may be reading information that is outdated or that has been posted by someone who is not an expert in the field or by someone who wishes to provide misinformation.Source: Harvard Guide to Using Sources rce

Take a second and third look

Check information from multiple sources

Evaluate Internet resources using the following criteria :

Author Audience

Scholarship Bias

Currency Links

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