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Evaluating Web Sites . A Necessary Step in Your Research. One Man’s Treasure is Another Man’s TRASH. Internet searching is like shopping at a yard sale . . . you have to look through the junk to find the good stuff!. The Five W’ s of Website Evaluation. W ho - Who wrote it?
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Evaluating Web Sites A Necessary Step in Your Research
One Man’s Treasure is Another Man’s TRASH Internet searching is like shopping at a yard sale . . . you have to look through the junk to find the good stuff!
The Five W’s of Website Evaluation • Who - Who wrote it? • What - What kind of information is included? • When – When was it created? • Where – Where does the information come from? • Why – Does the author have a purpose or motive? From Kathy Shrock’s Guides for Educators
Sites from commercial businesses usually use .com, .biz U.S. federal government sites end in .gov, .mil K-12 sites often use “k12” in the URL University and college sites end in .edu Sites from non-profit organizations may end in .org or .net A tilde (~) or percent (%) usually means that this is a personal page – even when attached to a university or school! What’s in a Domain Name? Look at the URL to answer Who & Where
Evaluate these Websites • Makato, MN Home Page • Sellafield Zoo
Compare • Niccolo Machiavelli • eMachiavelli • Niccolo Machiavelli at ctbw.com • History Guide • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Now You’ve Found It . . . Cite it! van Gogh, Vincent. The Starry Night. 1889. Museum of Mod. Art,New York. MoMA: The Museum of Modern Art. Web. 14Jan. 2009.
