1. EVALUATING INFORMATION SOURCES Is this “good stuff” for my report?

2. Things to Think About  Authority  Who wrote this?  Are they experts?  Are they reliable?  Currency  Is this information up-to-date?

3. Things to Think About  Purpose/Bias  Why was it written?  To inform, entertain, persuade  Relevancy  Does it have information I need?

4. Another Thing to Consider  Ease of Use  Can I find information quickly?  Can I understand the information?

5. Print vs. Internet Sources Print  Authority  Editors  Librarians  Currency  Published once  reprinted Internet  Authority  Anyone  Currency  Can be updated frequently

6. Checking Things Out Print  Look at the TITLE PAGE and VERSO Author Publisher Internet  Check the HOMEPAGE Author URL (Internet address) http://dsc.discovery.com/dinosaurs/ Updated?

7. Understanding URL’s http://dsc.discovery.com/dinosaurs/  hypertext transfer protocol  www  Domain name  Domain suffix or extension . com.org.net.edu.. mil.gov.bz  Personal pages  Members, ~, geocities, aol, k-12 / Folders  Wiki

8. Look at the URL Someone’s PERSONAL PAGE?  a name after a ~  %  Users  ISP—aol, Verizon, Optimum  Web hosting provider geocities, wetpaint, weebly or aol.com

9. Keep looking at the URL Type of DOMAIN Extensions .gov and. mil . edu . org .com .net

10. Look some more Country codes .us .ca .au .uk .de

11. Looking at some Internet Sources  http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/dino/ind ex.jsp http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/dino/ind ex.jsp  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur  http://www.geocities.com/dinowight/ http://www.geocities.com/dinowight/  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinosaur.h tml http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinosaur.h tml  http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/dinos/refer.shtml http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/dinos/refer.shtml  http://www.dinosaurs.bz/ http://www.dinosaurs.bz/

12. Look even closer For the author Expert or hobbyist? Credentials given? For the publisher or domain Finding it Between http://and 1 st / http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evalu ate.html

13. Continue Checking Things Out Print  Ease of use  Availability  Purpose? Bias?  Are different ideas discussed? Internet  Ease of use  Can I navigate easily?  How fast is the connection?  Do the links work?  Purpose? Bias?  Are there a lot of ads www.unmuseum.org/dinosaf.htm  Are different ideas discussed?

14. www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/matisse http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pcez/ hd_pcez.htm http://www.asds.org/AH2002/julie/Cezanne.htm http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopu s /

15. http://www.asds.org/AH2002/julie/Cezanne.htm

17. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ pcez/hd_pcez.htm

19. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/

23. http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

25. Use sources that are reliable, up-to-date, easy to use, and fair. Make good choices...