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
For your quiz, be ready to define and identify the Invisible Web, Subject
Directories, and Metasearch links.
Metasearch Engines search several engines
simultaneously. Here are some examples.
Dogpile
Vivisimo
The Invisible Web There are
thousands of directories and databases on the Web that typical search engines
don't reach.
Complete Planet
If you have read the web pages and are ready, proceed to
Educator and take the chapter 6 test.
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