But when you're looking for information on the Web for school -- or really any time that you care that what you find is true and up-to-date -- you have to evaluate the website to make sure that you can trust the information on it.
Here are some questions to ask when you're looking at a website that will help you decide whether or not it's good:
Authority of Web Documents - Who made it?
Accuracy of Web Documents
Currency of Web Documents - When was it last updated?
Objectivity of Web Documents - Is it clear what it's about?
Sometimes, there is no good Web site. In that case, ask a librarian for help, go to a book, encyclopedia or magazine. Sometimes it's hard to believe, but books actually contain a LOT of helpful information!
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Very nice. I've been having students look at sweetsearch.com and boolify.org because the results are better even when their search strings aren't great. Really, we need to tell them to evaluate every time they get on a computer!
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