and not a drop of “think”

Validating & Evaluating Internet Information

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Dealing with the “Data Smog”

•“Never before has so much information been available to so many people…•Never before have so many people been so confused.” Nortel © Ad

•What are some of the issues discussed on the WWW about validation of Internet resources?•How does a researcher establish information reliability?

More than Citing Sources

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•Author’s Credentials•Reliability•Credability•Currency

Discuss Issues

•Point-of-View•Type of site•Relevance

Advanced Search Techniques•Discuss Intellectual Properties & Copyright Laws•Search techniques•http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/lonlinesearch.html •http://www.learnwebskills.com/search/ •http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/searchtable.htm •http://www.library.und.edu/research/handouts/Advanced_Searching_Techniques.pdf •http://www.bewebaware.ca/english/EffectiveOnline.aspx

Evaluation Criteria

•AUTHORITY •ACCURACY •OBJECTIVITY

•CURRENCY •COVERAGE •ORIENTATION

Citing Sources Ethically

•Intellectual Property•Copyright Issues•Citation Styles

Discuss

Create a resource slide with hotlinks to sites that

demonstrate weak and excellence for each of the following:

•AUTHORITY

•ACCURACY

•OBJECTIVITY

Create A Bibliography Slide

Citation MachineClick Here

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Plagiarism

• Use the “Find” feature

• Use Google

• Use Advanced Search Assistant

Primary, Secondary, TertiarySources

• What are these? Give examples of each.

• When should each be used?

• When will each of these not be appropriate?

• Where do you look for Primary Sources?

Challenge

• REAL-WORLD RESEARCH

• Give Examples

How Might Wikipedia be Used in a REAL-WORLD Research Project?

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography

• www.diigo.com