1. Internet Evaluation Jane Long MLIS, University of Oklahoma MA, English, Wright State University Reference Services Librarian Al Harris Library jane.long@swosu.edu

2. Web Pages – Credentials/Qualifications/Reputation – Who is responsible for content? Webmaster? Web team? Organization? Institution? Company? Step 1: Authority

3. Step 2: Accuracy Web Pages –Can the information be verified? Links to credible sites Copyright Works Cited Fact check with a printed source

4. Step 3: Objectivity Biased or Objective? Sponsoring Organization Agendas Political Propaganda Web hosting Do you trust the author or organization providing the information

5. Step 4: Currency Web Pages –When was it created and last updated? Well maintained web sites have an indication when it was last updated or modified Accessibility –Dead links Stability –Changes URLs frequently

6. Internet Evaluation Worksheet Open this link for your instructions The next slide provides links to the sites you will be using for your evaluation.

7. Exercise: Evaluation Handoutt Institute for Historical Review –http://www.ihr.org/http://www.ihr.org/ Pinehearst Inc. –http://pinehearstresearch.com/index.shtmlhttp://pinehearstresearch.com/index.shtml Southern Poverty Law Center –http://splcenter.org/index.jsphttp://splcenter.org/index.jsp Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu –http://www.deloitte.com/http://www.deloitte.com/ Harry Ransom Center –http://www.hrc.utexas.eduhttp://www.hrc.utexas.edu American University for the Humanities –http://www.auh.edu/http://www.auh.edu/

8. Remember the Value of Alexa Known for providing information on web traffic

9. Larry Page & Sergey Brin/ Grad Students 1998 Mission: "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.“ 2009: 20 billion dollar corporation

10. Google: A Tool like any other Site Specific Command What it does: searches only specific domains What to type: nursing jobs site:edu nursing jobs site:com nursing jobs site:org

11. Google Scholar provides a simple way to search for scholarly literature. The search crosses many disciplines and sources--peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles--from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.

12. Google Scholar Works best for Citations Restrictions to Content –Now included in SWOSU’s list of databases –We’re working on improving access –Example: Greening Community Resources

13. Check for Objectivity: News Sites on the Web Christian Science Monitor - www.csmonitor.com www.csmonitor.com USA Today - www.usatoday.comwww.usatoday.com British Broadcasting Company (BBC) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/ Washington Post - www.washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com Slate - www.slate.comwww.slate.com

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