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Evaluating Online Information
ENG 201 – Ibarra – Spring 2009
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Today you will learn how to…
1. Apply evaluative criteria to web sites in order to analyze the validity of the information contained within them.
2. Determine the probable accuracy of information on the web by questioning the source of the data.
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Web Page Evaluation Criteria
1. AUTHOR
2. CURRENCY
3. ACCURACY
4. PURPOSE
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EVALUATION CRITERIA #1
Authorship
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Evaluation Criteria #1: Authorship
Know where to look for an author identification.
Evaluate the credentials of an author.
Distinguish sources of information by domain.
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Evaluation Criteria #1: Authorship
How to Identify an Author:TIP! Right-click or ctrl +click to open these links in a new window or tab.
“Bad Subjects: Have We Put it All Behind Us?”http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2004/71/churchill.html
“Black Panther Political Art”http://cghs.dade.k12.fl.us/african-american/twentieth_century/panthers.htm
“Black Panther Party”http://www.stanford.edu/~ccarson/articles/am_left.htm
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Evaluation Criteria #1: Authorshiphttp://www.stanford.edu/~ccarson/articles/
am_left.htm
http:// is the protocol or access method
www.stanford.edu is the domain or host name
.edu is the top level domain
~ccarson/articles/am_left.htm is the directory path folder on the domain computer
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Evaluation Criteria #1: Authorship
.com – commercial (for profit) entities
.org – nonprofit entities
.edu – educational institutions
.gov – federal government agencies
.mil – US military
.int – international organizations
State or Country of origin .de - Germany .ca.us – California, US .ca - Canada
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Evaluation Criteria #1: Authorship
What to look for:
Who is responsible for the site?
Do the authors have authority on the topic?
Is it a commercial, governmental, personal, or academic web site?
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EVALUATION CRITERIA #2
Currency
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Evaluation Criteria #2: Currency
Where to look for a source’s publication date:
TIP! Right-click or ctrl +click to open these links in a new window or tab.
“Bad Subjects: Have We Put it All Behind Us?”http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2004/71/churchill.html
“Black Panther Party Political Art”http://cghs.dade.k12.fl.us/african-american/twentieth_century/panthers.htm
“HIV and the Challenges Facing Men”http://www.undp.org/hiv/publications/issues/english/issue15e.htm
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EVALUATION CRITERIA #3Accuracy
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Evaluation Criteria #3: Accuracy
What to look for:
Where did the authors find their information?http://www.ppu.org.uk/war/index.html (Peace Pledge Union)
Do the authors provide supportive evidence for their conclusions? Works cited or bibliography?http://www.undp.org/hiv/publications/issues/english/issue15e.htm (HIV & the Challenges Facing Men)
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EVALUATION CRITERIA #4
Purpose
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Evaluation Criteria #4: Purpose
Why was the web page created?
To sell?
http://www.lifehealthsolutions.com/library3/disorders/hiv.htm
(Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome HIV/AIDS)
To inform? http://www.undp.org/hiv/publications/issues/english/issue15e.htm (HIV & the Challenges Facing Men)
To deceive? http://www.martinlutherking.org/
(Martin Luther King Jr.)
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Evaluation Criteria #4: Purpose
Always look at the domain and home page
Search for an “about us” page
To uncover hoaxes:
SNOPES: Urban Legends Reference Pageshttp://www.snopes.com
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Email Hoax?
Hercules: The World’s Biggest Dog
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Review Evaluation Criteria
Authorship Do the authors have training on the topic? .com, .gov, .edu, .org site?
Currency Is the site out of date for your topic?
Accuracy Works cited or bibliography?
Purpose Why was the web site created? Is there an “about us” or “credits”
section?
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Your Task: Find and Evaluate a Web Site on the Topic of Plagiarism Divide into groups of 3-5 Find a web page that discusses the topic of
plagiarism. Evaluate the web page based on the four
evaluative criteria we just discussed in class. Answer the question: Is this a good site to use
for college-level research? Why or why not? Answer the question: How effectively does
this page use inductive reasoning? Write one page summary of your findings and
create a presentation to share with the class.
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A Couple of Search Tips…
Search for web pages within specific domains:
Use the search command site:.edu or site:.gov to limit
your search to educational or government web sites.
Search for specific document file types:
Use the command filetype:pdf or filetype:doc to limit
your search to Adobe PDF or Word files.
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Domain Search
Example: “capital punishment” site:.edu
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Filetype Search
Example: “capital punishment” filetype:pdf
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Use advanced search instead of search commands for the same result
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Combine the two commandsExample:“capital punishment” site:.edu filetype:pdf
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