You can find anything on the internet. There's good stuff,
bad stuff, scholarly, shoddy, truth and outright lies. How do you tell the
difference?
That's what we're going to
concentrate on in this chapter. I'm going to show you how to tear apart a
web site. Then you can decide if it is worthy as a source in
your research.
The electronic databases like The Mabee-Simpson Library Catalog, LexisNexis,
Academic Search Premier, etc., are provided through the library's home page via the internet. Just because you get to them
via the Internet
doesn't mean they are the same thing as the Internet. You have to get to them
through the library's home page and they are called electronic
databases, again, purchased by us, for your research. We are going
to concentrate on the other side in this lesson. What can you find
on the Internet and just how good a source is it?
Critical Time
For the quiz, be ready to analyze a webpage and decide
if it is a good source or not.
Read #1 of this link published by the University of
California Berkeley Library called:
Evaluating Webpages. It asks you: What can the URL tell you?
Read #2 of the link:
Evaluating Webpages. Scan the Perimeter of the Page...
Read #3 of the link:
Evaluating Webpages. Look for Indicators of Quality
Read #4 of the link:
Evaluating Webpages. What do others Say?
Read #5 of the link:
Evaluating Webpages. It asks: "Does it all add up?"
Other Ways Besides Google to Search the Web
Metasearch Engines search several engines simultaneously.
Here are some examples. Our favorite at the library is Dogpile.
Dogpile
Vivisimo
The Invisible Web There are
thousands of directories and databases on the Web that typical search engines
don't reach.
Complete Planet
- For your quiz, be ready to define and identify the Invisible Web, Subject
Directories, and Metasearch links.
The End
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