1. Aim: How do I research my Final Project?
Do Now: How do you know if a source is reliable?

2. What are the Author’s Credentials?
Does the author provide his/her credentials?
What type of expertise does s/he have on the subject s/he is writing about?
Does s/he indicate what his/her education is?
What type of experience s/he has?
Should you trust his/her knowledge of the subject?
Try “Googling” the author. What kinds of websites are associated with your author’s name? Is s/he affiliated with any education institutions? Do commercial sites come up? Do the websites associated with the author give you any clues to particular biases the author might have? “Google” with caution – remember that sometimes more than one person can share the same name.

3. Who published the site?
Look at the domain name of the website – that will tell you who is hosting the site.
Example: The domain name is "lee.edu." That tells you that the library website is hosted by Lee College.
Do a search on the domain name at This site provides information about the owners of registered domain names. What is the organization’s main purpose? Check the organization’s main website, if it has one. Is it educational? Commercial? Is it a reputable organization?
.edu = educational „
.com = commercial „
.mil = military „
.gov = government „
.org = nonprofit
Who is the intended audience?
Are there source citations?

4. Paraphrase the key info on the back of the card
Annotated Index Cards
Paraphrase the key info on the back of the card

5. Paraphrase the key info on the back of the card
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Paraphrase the key info on the back of the card

6. DO NOT
Use wikipedia as a cited source. However, you may scroll to the bottom of a wikipedia page to find the author’s sources. You still need to check them.
Cite google.com as a source
Use a random person’s blog or web page

7. Some Suggested Sources
Syrian Refugee Crisis: sana.sy (Syrian Arab News Agency) aljazeera, rt.com Also look at French and/or German news sites Tibet: (Exiled Tibet news source), (Official Dalai Lama website) Japanese Tea Ceremony: metmuseum.org Honor Killings: Amnesty International, unwomen.org, indiatimes.com, aljazeera, Human Rights Watch (hrw.org) Snowden: ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), rt.com Crimea: rt.com, kyivpost.com (Ukrainian news), qha.com.ua (Crimean News Agency) Hinduism: look at sacred texts (Vedas, etc) Modern Chinese Silk Road (One Belt One Road): The economist (