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Example of a Website that is credible

Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web that typically covers related topics Top of the article

Structure: Last, First M. “Website article.” Website. Publisher, Date published.

Web. Date accessed. <URL>.

Author: This author is a

*Note: URL is optional. your teacher journalist and hasConsult verifiable

credentials

Website

Website article Currency: This article provides a publishing date and it is current

Bottom of article Within the article

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Author

Citations & Links: News articles don’t usually Date electronically published: have or require citations, but a good source 7/15/10 provides links for further reading on the subject

Often contains website publisher information

Website publisher Data accessed: Depends on the day

When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must be considered unique

Publisher: This site provides a publisher, who upon investigation, was found to take responsibility Satalkar, Bhakti. “Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com.

Buzzle.com, July for their content and 15 to be credible

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Citation:

2010. Web. 16 July 2010.

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Example of a Website that is credible

Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web that typically covers related topics Top of the article

Structure: Last, First M. “Website article.” Website. Publisher, Date published.

Web. Date accessed. <URL>. *Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher

Citations & Links: A good source provides citations for Website its information as well as links for further reading on the subject

Website article Within the article

Bottom of article

Author

Date electronically published: 7/15/10

Article

Author: This author is a journalist and has verifiable footer – Often contains website publisher information credentials

Website publisher Currency: This article provides a publishing date and it is current Publisher: This site provides a Data accessed: Depends on the day publisher, who upon investigation, When did to you access the source? Web sources may change and must be considered unique was found take responsibility for their content and to be credible Article Footer

Citation:

Satalkar, Bhakti. “Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 15 July 2010. Web. 16 July 2010.

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Example of a Website that is credible

Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web that typically covers related topics Top of the article

Structure: Last, First M. “Website article.” Website. Publisher, Date published.

Web. Date accessed. <URL>. *Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher

Website

Website article

Currency: This article provides a publishing date and it is current

Author: This author is a journalist and has verifiable credentials Within the article

Bottom of article

Author Citations & Links: News articles don’t usually have or require citations, but a good source provides links for further reading on the Date electronically published: subject 7/15/10

Article footer –

Often contains website publisher information

Website publisher Publisher: This site provides a publisher, who upon investigation, When did you access the source? Web sources may change and be to considered unique wasmust found take responsibility for their content and to be Article Footer credible

Data accessed: Depends on the day

Citation:

Satalkar, Bhakti. “Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 15 July 2010. Web. 16 July 2010.

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Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web Example of related a Website that may be credible that typically covers topics Top of the article

Structure: Last, First M. “Website article.” Website. Publisher, Date published.

Web. Date accessed. <URL>. *Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher

Currency: This article provides a publishing date and it is current

Website

Website article Author: The authors for this site vary greatly in their journalistic experience and credentials, therefore it is difficult to know if this content should be trusted.

Within the article

Bottom of article

Author Citations & Links: News articles don’t usually have or require citations, but should at least provide links for electronically published: further reading on the subject

Date 7/15/10 Article footer –

Often contains website publisher information

Website publisher Data accessed: Depends on the day

Publisher: This site provides a

publisher, who unique upon investigation, When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must be considered was found to be credible, but doesn’t necessarily take responsibility for the content

Article Footer Bhakti. “Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 15 July Citation: Satalkar,

2010. Web. 16 July 2010.

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Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web Example of related a Website that may be credible that typically covers topics Top of the article

Structure: Last, First M. “Website article.” Website. Publisher, Date published.

Web. Date accessed. <URL>. *Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher

Website Author: The authors on this site range in journalistic experience and credentials, and therefore it Website article is difficult to decide if the information they present should be trusted.

Currency: This article provides a publishing date and it is current

Bottom of article

Within the article

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Author Citations & Links: News articles don’t usually have or electronically require citations, but should at least Date published: provide links for further reading on the 7/15/10 subject

Often contains website publisher information

Website publisher Publisher: This site provides a publisher, who upon investigation, was found to be credible but doesn’t necessarily take Data accessed: Depends on the day responsibility forunique the content they When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must be considered publish.

Article Footer

Citation:

Satalkar, Bhakti. “Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 15 July 2010. Web. 16 July 2010.

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Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web Example of related a Website that may be credible that typically covers topics Top of the article

Structure: Last, First M. “Website article.” Website. Publisher, Date published.

Web. Date accessed. <URL>. *Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher

Author: The authors of the reviews for this Website site vary greatly in their journalistic experience and credentials, therefore it is difficult to decide whether the information provided should be Website article trusted.

Within the article

Currency: Each individual review provides a publishing date.

Bottom of article

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Author

Citations & Links: News articles don’t usually Date electronically published: have or require citations, but should at least 7/15/10 give links to related topics. This website links to other reviews.

Often contains website publisher information

Website publisher Publisher: This site provides a publisher, who upon investigation, Datawas accessed: on the day found to beDepends credible, but When doesn’t did you access the source?

Web sources may change and must be considered unique necessarily take responsibility for the content they provide.

Citation:

Satalkar, Bhakti. “Water Aerobics."Article Buzzle.com.

Footer Buzzle.com, 15 July 2010. Web. 16 July 2010.

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Example of a Website that is not credible

Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web that typically covers related topics Top of the article/Within the article

Structure: Last, First M. “Website article.” Website. Publisher, Date published.

Web. Date accessed. <URL>.

Citations & Links: The articles onteacher this *Note: URL is optional.

Consult your site do not cite their information.

Following the related article links leads to Website questionable sources. This is a site that publishes massive amounts of information to direct Website article the most amount of web searches to their page to drive up their ad revenue.

They are not concerned with publishing articles to provide good and reliable information.

Bottom of article

Author: The authors on this site are only identified Author by a first name initial and last name. Therefore it is impossible to search for them and discern their credibility/expertise/level of knowledge on their topic.

Currency: This article provides a publishing date and it is current, but not Date electronically published: all articles on this site are 7/15/10 up to date.

Article footer Article Footer

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Often contains website publisher information

Website publisher Publisher: This site provides a upon When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must be publisher, considered who unique investigation, was found to be of questionable credibility and does not take responsibility Citation: Satalkar, Bhakti. “Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com.

15 is July for Buzzle.com, the content that published.

2010. Web. 16 July 2010.

Data accessed: Depends on the day

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Example of a Website that is not credible

Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web that typically covers related topics Top of the article

Structure: Last, First M. “Website article.” Website. Publisher, Date published.

Web. Date accessed. <URL>.

Author: The authors on this site are not given, and therefore it is impossible to discern *Note: URL is optional.

Consulttheir your teacher credentials and authority to speak on any given subject.

Website Currency: This article does not provide a publication date, therefore Website it is impossible to tell article whether the information it provides is out of date.

Citations & Links: The articles on this site do not cite their information. Following the related article links leads to questionable Bottom of article content, and reveals one of the main criticisms of eHow.com. This is a site Author that publishes massive amounts of articles based on what will direct the most amount of web searches to their page in order to drive up their Date electronically published: ad revenue. They are not concerned 7/15/10 with publishing articles because they want to provide good and reliable Article footer – Often contains website publisher information information.

Within the article

Website publisher Publisher: This site provides a publisher, who upon

Data accessed: Depends on theinvestigation, day was found to have questionable When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must be considered unique

Article Footer

Citation:

credibility and who does not take responsibility for the content they provide.

Satalkar, Bhakti. “Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 15 July 2010. Web. 16 July 2010.

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Example of a Website that is not credible

Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web that typically covers related topics Top of the article

Structure: Last, First M. “Website article.” Website. Publisher, Date published.

Web. Date accessed. <URL>. *Note: URL isThe optional.

Consult yoursite teacher Author: authors on this

are not given, and therefore it is impossible to discern their credentials and authority to speak on any given subject.

Website

Website article

Currency: This article does not provide a publication date, therefore it is impossible to tell if the information it provides is out of date.

Within the article

Bottom of article

Author Citations & Links: The articles on this site do not cite their information.

Following thepublished: related Date electronically article links leads to questionable 7/15/10 content.

Article footer –

Often contains website publisher information

Website publisher Data accessed: Depends on the Publisher: day This site provides a publisher, who upon When did you access the source? Web sources may change and beto considered unique investigation, wasmust found have questionable

credibility and who does not take responsibility for the content they provide.

Article Satalkar, Footer Citation: Bhakti. “Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 15 July

2010. Web. 16 July 2010.

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A Special Note on Wikipedia

Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web that typically covers related topics Wikipedia is a good source of general reference information that can have data that is on par with other encyclopedias. However, when one is writing a research paper it is never favorable to cite Structure : Last, First M. “Website article.”resources Website.are Publisher, Date general reference sources.

Primary and topic-specific always the bestpublished. sources of information. Wikipedia, and other encyclopedias, are good for users who wish to obtain general Web. Date accessed. <URL>. information. Wikipedia can also be useful when starting research if you investigate the credible sources they are citing. *Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher Top of the article

Website

Author: The authors on this site are all users, and therefore it is impossible to discern their credentials and authority to Website article speak on any given subject.

This is the main reason why Wikipedia.org should not be cited. While many of the articles on the site have citations and current dates, the fact that the articles are written by users who are not credible and cannot be identified.

Within the article

Bottom of article

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Author

Citations & Links: This source provides citations for the information published as well as links to related content. However, Date electronically published: this is not necessarily true of all 7/15/10 articles on this site. It is better to use the citations to help you find credible sources.

Often contains website publisher information

Website publisher Currency: article provides a publishing DataThis accessed: Depends on the day Publisher: This site provides a publisher, date and it did is current, butthe not all articles on When you access source?

Web sources may change and must be investigation, considered unique who upon was found to be this site are up to date. credible but does not take responsibility for the content that is published.

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Criteria for Evaluating Websites

Website: A collection of online informational pages on the world wide web that typically covers related topics Main Criteria

Descriptions/Details

Possible Answers

Structure : Last, First M. “Website article.” Website. Publisher, published.

Author Who is providing the information?

ScholarsDate and academics; What do Web. you know them and their User generated; journalist; Dateabout accessed. <URL>. credentials; are they an expert? varies greatly; none given; NA Can you find out more and contact them? *Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher Search for the author in a search engine. Has the author written several publications on the topic?

Website

Publisher/ Affiliation

Is the publisher credible?

Do they take responsibility for the content?

Is there a sponsor or affiliation?

What other sources link to that website?

Publisher is credible and takes responsibility; credible but doesn't take responsibility; questionable publisher and does article takes notWebsite take responsibility; responsibility but is not credible.

Bias/ Balance/ Purpose

Is the language free of emotion?

Does the organization or author indicate there will be bias?

Is the purpose of the website to inform or spread an agenda?

Are there ads? Are they trying to make money?

Why did they write the article?

Sometimes, sometimes rightist, sometimes – leftist; corporate sponsorship; is balanced; generates content to sell ad space; NA

Citations & Bottom Links

there links to related sites and are they well ofAre article organized?

Author Citations/Bibliography provided?

Accuracy

Is the data verifiable and accurate?

Complete

Is the source comprehensive?

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Currency

Yes; unknown; varies; no Date electronically published: 7/15/10

Often contains website publisher information

When was the source last updated?

Does the source have a date?

Citations; citations and links; links; no.

Yes; unknown; varies; no

Yes - up to date; yes – varies; not recent; date unknown Website publisher

Design & Quality Data

Is the overall web design easy to use?

Good design; unprofessional Is it presented in a professional manner? design; old site; average accessed: Depends on the day Does it seem like current design?

When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must be considered unique

Reproduced

Was it reproduced? If so, where? Type a sentence Yes with permission; yes without in Google to verify permission; sometimes with If itSatalkar, was reproduced, it done so with Buzzle.com. permission; no 15 July Citation: Bhakti. was “Water Aerobics."

Buzzle.com, permission? Was Copyright information or a 2010. Web. 16 July 2010. disclaimer included?

Credible

Based on previous criteria, is the source credible?

Yes; maybe; no

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