1. Step 1: Finding a site

2. Boolean Operators * NOT or (-) Removes pages with those words
“AND” or (+)
Searches for pages with both keywords
“OR”
Searches for pages with either keyword *
* = a wildcard, anything

3. deadliest * in the world

5. Google Advanced

6. Google Scholar
articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities
locate the complete document through your library or on the web

7. Cobb Mackinvia
Paid subscriptions for scholarly journals like…

8. Academic/Scholarly Journal
Lists its sources
Written for research community
Usually peer-reviewed
Present original research OR review articles/books

9. CTRL + F

10. Is this site good enough to cite?
Vetting a Site
Is this site good enough to cite?

11. Who… wrote it? who are they?
credentials? education? experience? affiliation?
does the author’s experience really qualify him or her as an expert?

12. When… was it created? was it last revised?
(Be suspicious of undated material.)

13. Where…? did the information come from?
did the author document his or her sources?
are those sources reliable and scholarly?
are those sources real? Have you or your librarian heard of or been able to verify them?

14. Recognizing bias is important.
Why…
did they write it?
Is the page selling a product?
Are they trying to get votes?
Was the information found in a paid placement or sponsored result from the search engine?
Information is seldom neutral.
Recognizing bias is important.

15. you take notes and fill your brain with possibly erroneous information
When to vet?
BEFORE
you take notes and fill your brain with possibly erroneous information

16. URLs as clues to content
.com
commercial
.org
non-profit organization
.edu
educational institution
.gov
U.S. government
.ac
UK academic
.net
network

17. Where do I find the
author’s credentials?

18. Look for credibility clues!
Go to HOME page
Words and phrases to look for:
About us
Who Am I
FAQs
Company Information
Our Staff
Clues often appear on the top or bottom of a page, or in menu bars and frames. These sections often contain authorship clues! 18

19. Still more credibility clues
If you have an author’s name but no further information about credentials, then

20. No HOME page link? Truncate the URL
Delete characters in the address line up to the next slash mark to see if a main page offers more information about who is responsible for publishing the page you are interested in.
Go from:

21. Probably a good site but need to know author’s credentials…

25. Publishing

26. Publishing

27. What if the publisher is not listed on the page?

29. Detecting Bias Diction What is included What is excluded Images
Positive, negative or neutral?
What is included
What is excluded
Images

30. Primary v. Secondary Eyewitness After the Fact Photograph Video
Testimony
Interviews
Textbook
Report by someone NOT there

31. Bottom Line…
Trustworthy?

32. Plagiarism
Taking someone else's work or ideas and passing it off as your own
Consequences
AHS: Zero and office referral
College: Expulsion
Career: Lawsuit
How to Prevent: Cite your sources!

33. Are there any times I DON’T need to cite?
Info is so general it’s common knowledge. Nobody would need to look it up:
George Washington was the first US President.
The Earth revolves around the sun.
When the idea is your own

34. How to Cite Your Sources and Avoid Plagiarism
Step 1: Create a Works Cited or Bibliography page
Step 2: Create in-text citations (aka parenthetical citations)

35. Works Cited or Bibliography page
Works Cited page = the last page of a research paper that lists all the sources you mentioned in the paper
Bibliography = the last page of a research paper that lists all the sources you used in your research - even those you didn’t mention in the paper

36. In-text Citation (aka parenthetical reference)
Super short version of the citation
Right after the borrowed info
Matches up with works cited/bibliography

37. What goes in it? Author’s last name and page number(s)
Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).

38. Already mentioned author?
Just the page number(s)
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).

39. No Author?
Use the title
High school students admit they even feel the pressure to swear in some peer groups in order to “not get dissed” (“Profane Pressure” 26).

40. No page number? Leave it out
High school students admit they even feel the pressure to swear in some peer groups in order to “not get dissed” (“Profane Pressure”).

41. Why do it this way?
Because MLA (Modern Language Association) said so, and MLA is the almighty ruler of all things English/Language Arts.
Because it’s a cool code that only the cool people know
Because it’s quicker
This book was written by Joe Jones in The name of the book is Being Cool, and it was published by Kickin’ Publishing which is located is Atlanta.
Jones, Joe. Being Cool. Atlanta: Kickin’ Publishing, Inc., 2012.

42. Answer: ALL of them Which to cite? Quote Word for word Paraphrase
Reword but same length
Summarize
Reword and shorten
Answer: ALL of them

43. What about Wikipedia? Who can edit and create articles?
Who can edit and create articles?
In order for articles to remain, they must
Cite _____________
Present material _______ and without ________
But who checks up on the articles?
sources
fairly
bias
volunteers

47. How to Cite Internet
Author. “Title of Page.” Title of Website, Name of Publisher (if different from website), date published, URL. Accessed Date.
Farkas, Meredith. "Tips for Being a Great Blogger." Information Wants to Be Free, Goodstuff, Inc., 19 July 2011, meredith.wolfwater.com/ wordpress/2011/07/19/tips-for-being-a-great-blogger-and-good-person/. Accessed 16 May 2018.

48. How to Cite Book Author. Title. Publisher, Year.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. Love in the Time of Cholera. Vintage, 1988. 

49. How to Cite Other
Look it up!

50. Let’s review:
BEFORE you start perusing a website for information, what should you do?
Besides his/her name, what do you need to know about the author of a website?
If the author’s name is not the page at which you are looking, what should you do?