2. Evaluating Internet Sources CCAC LEARNING COMMONS

3. Evaluating Internet Sources: A Learning Commons Digital Workshop Slideshow Instructions: Slideshow Instructions: Speaker IconUpper Left Corner Click the Speaker Icon in the Upper Left Corner for the audio track that accompanies each slide. Arrow Icon Lower Right Corner Click the Arrow Icon in the Lower Right Corner to advance to the next slide. Left Arrow Key – OR – Use the Right Arrow Key to advance and the Left Arrow Key to go back. To control the volume To control the volume, hover your mouse over the playback scroll and click the speaker icon or use your computer’s internal volume controls.

4. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this presentation, students will be able to:  Describe the importance of evaluating internet sources  Explain the differences between web sources and traditional (print) sources  Complete a search from the CCAC Library online database  Identify a quality source for use in research

5. Evaluation is a Valuable Step quantity  High quantity of information level of quality  Uneven level of quality accurate, useful, or valid  Not all will be accurate, useful, or valid evaluate credibility  Important to evaluate credibility

6. The Key to Evaluating Sources… differenceswebtraditional print sources.  …is understanding differences between web and traditional print sources. differences: A few differences: Standards for publications Publication information including dates Author qualifications  Also look at: Accuracy & Quality Objectivity & Purpose Coverage & Scope

7. What web site?  Check the URL.org,.gov,.edu.org,.gov,.edu tend to be more reputable  Sources to AVOID: Wikipedia Wikihow Yahoo!Answers eHow

8. CCAC Library Using the CCAC Library Online Database  The Library website: www.ccac.edu/library  Click the i-Connect logo to learn more about researching online:

10. Finding Articles CCAC’s Library site offers many Subject Guides to search, including:  Art  English & Literature  History  Social Issues & Current Events

11. Academic Search Complete Searching Academic Search Complete Searches can be performed based on multiple aspects of an article, including:  Text  Author  Title  Subject  Keywords

12. Considerations  Author  Publication dates  Article Title  Summary  Index

13. ReadingforContent Evaluation Reading for Content Evaluation  Language?  One-sided Arguments?  Fact, Opinion, Propaganda?  Cross Checking?

14. In Conclusion …  There are no shortcuts to quality research  Pay attention to publication dates when searching for current events  Perform searches on authors to establish credibility  Poor Sources  Biased  Correlations as fact  Out-dated  Error prone

15. Works Cited Allegheny Campus Library. N.p.: CCAC, 2012. Print. Driscoll, Dana Lynn, and Alan Brizee. "Evaluating Sources: Overview." Purdue OWL: Evaluating Sources of Information. The Writing Lab, The OWL at Purdue, Purdue University, 22 Feb. 2013. Web. 5 June 2015. "Evaluate a Web Site: Evaluate Sites." Evaluate Sites. CCAC, n.d. Web. 3 June 2015.

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