1. Who Is Providing You Information? By Kristin Willmore RHSM Librarian

2. Who Is Providing You Information? Objective: Who is providing us information on the Internet? AND Why is it important that we find out?

3. / Internet today: / Overwhelming / Hard to find stuff / Unorganized / TMI (too much information)! / Internet today: / Overwhelming / Hard to find stuff / Unorganized / TMI (too much information)!

4. Do you really know who is providing you information? / How often do we check to see who is providing information? / Do you just click on the first few links? / Can we trust those sources? / How often do we check to see who is providing information? / Do you just click on the first few links? / Can we trust those sources?

5. Example / Martin Luther King.org / Search in Google http://www.google.com http://www.google.com / In top 5 / Select http://www.martinlutherking.org http://www.martinlutherking.org / Martin Luther King.org / Search in Google http://www.google.com http://www.google.com / In top 5 / Select http://www.martinlutherking.org http://www.martinlutherking.org

6. Example / Martin Luther King web site / It’s a dot org (.org) / Top of the search list / Has a good description Can we trust it’s a reliable website? / Martin Luther King web site / It’s a dot org (.org) / Top of the search list / Has a good description Can we trust it’s a reliable website?

7. Investigate further / Go to Easy Who Is to find out / http://www.easywhois.com http://www.easywhois.com / Type in the URL / Scroll to registration information / Notice Storm Front Organization / Provides organization, address, phone number and email address / Go to Easy Who Is to find out / http://www.easywhois.com http://www.easywhois.com / Type in the URL / Scroll to registration information / Notice Storm Front Organization / Provides organization, address, phone number and email address

8. Investigate further / Who is Storm Front Organization? / Google it! / Zog Storm Front Org. is a white nationalist organization / Can we trust them for MLK information? / Who is Storm Front Organization? / Google it! / Zog Storm Front Org. is a white nationalist organization / Can we trust them for MLK information?

9. / Storm Front = hate group / Why would Storm Front host a MLK website? / Accurate information? / Bias in information? / Storm Front = hate group / Why would Storm Front host a MLK website? / Accurate information? / Bias in information?

10. / Many other inaccurate websites / e.g., 1/4 of health information / It’s important to evaluate the source / Can’t trust everything on Internet / Many other inaccurate websites / e.g., 1/4 of health information / It’s important to evaluate the source / Can’t trust everything on Internet

11. What are some things you can do to evaluate a source? / Go to the help screen on a search engine / Easy Who Is.com / Google your source / Go to the help screen on a search engine / Easy Who Is.com / Google your source

12. Test Time!!!

13. Why is it important to investigate who our source of information is?

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17. Thank you!