RESEARCH: EVALUATION OF SOURCES: Evaluating Information on the Web
Given this post on Net-Gold this morning, it may be useful to members of this discussion group to view this instructional guide for evaluating websites and web pages for content quality and reliability. The earlier Net-Gold post. INFORMATION LITERACY : LIBRARY: LIBRARIANS : RESEARCH: RESOURCE EVALUATION: Most Reliable Search Tool Could Be Your Librarian <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/15214> Well, this is your librarian (well at least one of them) speaking: Evaluating Information on the Web Jenifer Lee Baldwin Head, Reference and Instructional Services; Subject Specialist in Film Reference and Instructional Services Samuel L. Paley Library <http://library.temple.edu/services/ library_instruction/evaluating/intro.html> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://snipurl.com/y57w> "The World Wide Web is a great tool for exploring all kinds of information. While it is useful to have access to so much diverse and uncensored material, it is important to remember that internet browsers and search engines do NOT discern between valid, useful information and the inaccurate, useless stuff. Even the most diligent web surfers can sometimes forget that much of what is on the web is not only irrelevant or misleading, but often false." This page from which the quotation is taken has a link to an excellent tutorial that teaches the techniques for determining the validity of content on the web. Evaluating Information on the Web Table of Contents <http://library.temple.edu/services/ library_instruction/evaluating/contents.html> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://snipurl.com/y586> TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 Introduction 2 Authority 1 Authority Question Authority Answer Accuracy 1 Accuracy Question Accuracy Answer Objectivity 1 Objectivity Question Objectivity Answer Currency 1 Currency Question Currency Answer Coverage 1 Coverage Question Coverage Answer Exercise Conclusion Library Homepage ========================================== Content Sample Objectivity Question An internet search for information on Martin Luther King could find these three sites. Consider the Objectivity of each site. Martin Luther King Center Martin Luther King.org Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project Which of these sites may be the most objective? Is there deception at work here? ========================================== Hint Read this post. INFORMATION LITERACY : LIBRARY: LIBRARIANS : RESEARCH: RESOURCE EVALUATION: Most Reliable Search Tool Could Be Your Librarian http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/15214 Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Net-Gold <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> General Internet & Print Resources <http://library.temple.edu/articles/subject_guides/general.jsp> <http://www.learningis4everyone.org/> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> Digital Divide Network <http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne> Educator-Gold <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/> _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
