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Assessing Online Resources for Credibility

Assessing Online Resources for Credibility. Faculty Summer Institute—May 2012. Focus for today . Evaluating websites Using databases To find credible articles To evaluate periodicals To evaluate books. Evaluating Websites. Authority (person or entity responsible).

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Assessing Online Resources for Credibility

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  1. Assessing Online Resources for Credibility Faculty Summer Institute—May 2012

  2. Focus for today • Evaluating websites • Using databases • To find credible articles • To evaluate periodicals • To evaluate books

  3. Evaluating Websites

  4. Authority (person or entity responsible) • Qualifications/expertness/credentials • Affiliation with a reputable institution/company • Contact information or “About” information • Domain name (.edu, .gov, .mil, .us, .org, .com, .net)

  5. You Tube Tutorial

  6. Currency • When created • When updated • Links that are current • Links that work

  7. Purpose • Type of website (personal, special interest/issues, professional, news, commercial, etc.) • Neutral/unbiased, advocating, selling, etc. • If advocating, look for “I think,” “it has been my experience,” “in my opinion,” etc.

  8. References • Documentation of references/sources • Credible and authoritative references/sources • Current references/sources

  9. Tips • Check more than one website to verify information • A tilde (~) in the URL usually indicates a person published the information • Shorten URLs to find the home page • Following are links to find out about sites: www.whois.net http://www.who.is/website-information/ http://www.whois.com/ • Go to library websites for lists of reviewed websites (usually categorized by subject)

  10. Using Databases

  11. Online Subscription Databases • MCC -- http://www.mclennan.edu/library/databases.html • Waco McLennan County Library -- http://www.waco-texas.com/cms-library/page.aspx?id=22 • Baylor -- https://www1.baylor.edu/ERD/Search/Search.aspx • Tarleton -- http://www.tarleton.edu/library/databases.html

  12. Use databases to find credible articles Academic Search Complete (database)

  13. Results List

  14. Detailed Record of the Article

  15. Permalink -- (a persistent, stable link to the record for the article and the article)

  16. Use databases to evaluate periodicals (print or electronic) Ulrichsweb (database)

  17. Use databases to evaluate books(print or electronic) Books in Print (database)

  18. Contact Information Sharon Kenan, Research & Instruction Librarian McLennan Community College Library 1400 College Drive Waco, Texas 76708 skenan@mclennan.edu 254-299-8343

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