1. WEBSITES AND SEARCH ENGINES

2. Not all websites are good. Some have a ton of pop- ups and scams promising you money...

3. Some are sites that look good but can infect your computer with a virus when you click on the link...

4. ...and some sites are complete hoaxes.

5. Any website including or ending with “.gov”. or “.ca”. The “gov” means it is a government site and the “ca” means it is a Canadian, government or government-sponsored site. Examples include: The official Government of Canada website: http://www.gc.ca/ The official Province of Manitoba website: http://www.gov.mb.ca/ http://www.gov.mb.ca/ The Addictions Foundation of Manitoba: http://www.afm.mb.ca/http://www.afm.mb.ca/ The official United States of America website: http://www.usa.gov/

6. Any website including or ending with “.edu”. This means it is an educational institution such as a university, generally in the United States. Example: University of Illinois: http://illinois.edu/ *Note: Canadian University websites end in “.ca”: University of Winnipeg: http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/ University of Manitoba: http://umanitoba.ca/

7. Websites including or ending with “.org”. This means it is an organization of some kind. Examples include: Turtle Island Native Network: http://www.turtleisland.org/front/_front.htm http://www.turtleisland.org/front/_front.htm Seven Oaks School Division: www.7oaks.org/www.7oaks.org/ *Note: Some organization websites are good; some are not. You must decide, based on how consistent the information is, whether it looks official or has many pop-ups, etc. Wikipedia, the infamous “anyone can edit” dictionary, is an organization: http://www.wikipedia.org/

8.  As a starting point / background information ONLY.  Never use Wikipedia as a cited source  Scroll down to check their sources and external links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism

9. Any website including or ending with “.com” indicates that it is a commercial website. Some might still be good, but many are useless. You must make that judgement call. Examples are:  Youtube: www.youtube.comwww.youtube.com  Hotmail: www.hotmail.comwww.hotmail.com  Facebook: www.facebook.comwww.facebook.com  Amazon: http://amazon.com/

10. Some “reliable” websites are not actually reliable! http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/index.html

11. Pay attention to details!

12. Find out who owns / published the site: Internic.ca or Whois.NetWhois.Net

13. The more sources the better!

14. When you need good information, use “Advanced Search” to save time and get better results.“Advanced Search”

15. Read “Four NETS for Better Searching” handout in full and then find websites using your new skills! http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm