1. Mrs. Lane 9CP

2.  Train your eye and your fingers to help you find quickly what you want  Train your mind to think critically and suspiciously  Ask questions!

3.  Is it a personal page?  Is it a commercial site? (like aol.com, geocities.com)  What type of domain does it come from? ◦ Government (gov, mil, us) ◦ Education (edu) ◦ Nonprofit (org)  Is it published by an entity that makes sense?

4.  Look for about us, philosophy, background, biography, who I am…  Ask: ◦ Who wrote this page? ◦ What is the purpose? ◦ Is the page dated? Current? ◦ What are the author’s credentials?

5.  Look for links, additional sites, related links  Ask: ◦ Are sources documented? ◦ If information is reproduced is it complete? Altered? Fake? Or Forged? ◦ Are there links to other resources?

6.  Why was the page put on the web? ◦ To inform? ◦ Explain or persuade? ◦ Sell? ◦ Share? ◦ Disclose?  Satire? Parody?  Bias?

7.  http://www.buzzle.com/articles/romanticism -characteristics-of-romanticism.html http://www.buzzle.com/articles/romanticism -characteristics-of-romanticism.html  http://www.carnicom.com/contrails.htm http://www.carnicom.com/contrails.htm  http://educate-yourself.org/ct/ http://educate-yourself.org/ct/  http://www.dhmo.org/research.html http://www.dhmo.org/research.html  http://www.pinknoiz.com/coldwar/index.htm l http://www.pinknoiz.com/coldwar/index.htm l  http://www.thedogisland.com/ http://www.thedogisland.com/  http://www.worldtoilet.org/ http://www.worldtoilet.org/