1. Textbooks and Websites Summaries Continued and Ended

2. Textbook Goal is to understand information Search for bold, ital, or underlined words Look for boxed checklists or summaries at end of chapters Look for bulleted or numbered lists Review diagrams, charts, tables, graphs, photos Read chapter summary

3. Textbook Preview Highlight Annotate Outline

4. Websites Identify parts of a web address (URL)--.com,.edu,.org to indicate if it is going to be more commercial (try to sell you a product or opinion) or more informational and less biased Preview Highlight Annotate Outline

5. Websites—Determine Reliability Authority ◦ Is the author identified? ◦ If no author is listed, is the organization that published the page listed? ◦ Is the author an expert on the subject addressed in the document? ◦ Is this topic one that would logically be addressed by this organization? ◦ Is this a respected organization? ◦ Does the domain listed in the URL add to the credibility of the publisher?

6. Websites—Determine Reliability Accuracy ◦ Is the content of this document consistent with other writings on the same subject? ◦ Is this web site presenting a slanted or radical point of view? ◦ Is this document trying to promote or sell something? ◦ Does this document present an objective viewpoint?

7. Websites—Determine Reliability Currency ◦ Does the document include the publication date? ◦ How recent was the publication of the document? Documentation ◦ Are the sources from which the document references information cited? ◦ Are the sources from which the document references information legitimate?

8. Websites—Determine Reliability Mechanics ◦ Do the links all work? ◦ How long does the page take to load? ◦ Is any special software needed to fully access the page? ◦ Is the page free of pop-up windows and advertising bots? ◦ Does the page use annoying frames or other special effects? Cost ◦ Is there a membership or access fee for using the page?

9. Is the website reliable? http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/l aureates/1964/king-bio.html http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/l aureates/1964/king-bio.html http://martinlutherking.org/

10. Eggers Speech “Serve or Fail” citation Eggers, Dave. “Serve or Fail.” Writing First, with Readings. Comp. Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009. 643-645. Discuss the work in groups and begin summary.