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Identifying High-Value Web Sources for Effective Research

This guide helps researchers quickly identify high-value web sources using the ABCDE criteria: Authority, Bias, Corroboration, Domain, and Expiration. It emphasizes the importance of academic appropriateness and verifies sources. Additionally, it discusses effective searching strategies, including the use of search operators, exclusion of words, and focusing on specific domains like .edu and .gov. Understand what high value means in terms of reliable information and how to evaluate web sources effectively for academic research.

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Identifying High-Value Web Sources for Effective Research

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  1. High Value Web Sources Palmer High School Library Media Center

  2. What’s the target? • Researchers can quickly identify high value websources based upon: • ABCDE… • Authority • Bias • Corroboration • Domain • Expiration

  3. What’s the target? • Researchers use Search Operators to be effective. • Exclusion of Words (-) • Searching within domains (:.edu/gov)

  4. What does High Value mean?

  5. What does High Value mean? • Presentation specific • Academic appropriate • On your reading level • Meets criteria ABCDE…

  6. High Value Traits • A • Authority

  7. High Value Traits • B • Bias – does the site take a side? • Is this always Low Value…? NO

  8. High Value Traits • C • Corroborated • Triangulation (same fact told by at least three other reliable sources)

  9. High Value Traits • D • Domain • Refers to the extension of a website (ex = .com) • Who stands to make money? • Be aware of country of origin… (.us, .mx, .de) HAVE BEEN VERIFIED

  10. High Value Traits • E • Expiration • When was this updated? Does it matter?

  11. Basic Searching w/ Operators OR Use Advanced Searching! https://www.google.ca/advanced_search

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