Internet Sources: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Evaluating Websites

What do you get with a search?

Think about what you need Endings like.com,.org.,.edu can you trust them? How can you narrow your search to make it more efficient. What are you using to search: Google, Yahoo, specific site, database? How can you find what you need in everything out there?

Websites CARS (Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, Support) –Author –Quality Control: Peer review, sponsoring organization –Timeliness –Comprehensive: Is it one-sided or shows all perspectives? –Who is the intended audience? –Is it reasonable, is there a conflict of interest?

Summary of CARS Credibility trustworthy source, author’s credentials, evidence of quality control, known or respected authority, organizational support. Goal: an authoritative source, a source that supplies some good evidence that allows you to trust it. Accuracy up to date, factual, detailed, exact, comprehensive, audience and purpose reflect intentions of completeness and accuracy. Goal: a source that is correct today (not yesterday), a source that gives the whole truth. Reasonableness fair, balanced, objective, reasoned, no conflict of interest, absence of fallacies or slanted tone. Goal: a source that engages the subject thoughtfully and reasonably, concerned with the truth. Support listed sources, contact information, available corroboration, claims supported, documentation supplied. Goal: a source that provides convincing evidence for the claims made, a source you can triangulate (find at least two other sources that support it). Summary of The CARS Checklist for Research Source Evaluation

Website Checklist Summary of The CARS Checklist for Research Source Evaluation

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You can check these since they were used to support the page, but STILL CHECK THEM!

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Examples: Set One: AIDS 1.1 Gender and HIV/AIDSGender and HIV/AIDS 1.2 Quirk of nature or mass murder?Quirk of nature or mass murder? 1.3 Statistics and surveillanceStatistics and surveillance Set Two Immigration 2.1 The Greening of the Anti- Immigrant AgendaThe Greening of the Anti- Immigrant Agenda 2.2 Immigration fact or fiction?Immigration fact or fiction? 2.3 Illegal Immigration Is a CrimeIllegal Immigration Is a Crime Set Three: Drugs, Hormones & Human Tissue 3.1 Human Growth Hormone Stimulation: The Anti-Aging and Longevity ProgramHuman Growth Hormone Stimulation: The Anti-Aging and Longevity Program 3.2 Human Test SubjectsHuman Test Subjects 3.3 Human Growth Hormone; Does it slow aging?Human Growth Hormone; Does it slow aging? Examples

WORKS CITED BECK, SUSAN E. “EXAMPLES.” THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY: OR, WHY IT’S A GOOD IDEA TO EVALUATE WEB SOURCES. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, 27 APR WEB. 11 FEB HARRIS, ROBERT. “EVALUATING INTERNET RESEARCH SOURCES.” VIRTUAL SALT. N.P., 22 NOV WEB. 11 FEB Resources: