National history Day - Gomolsky
Relevancy and Credibility
6 Factors
1) Neighborhood - Where on the web?-----check URL .gov; .com; .org; edu
CHECK OUT: About this site; Mission; Site Index; Site Map
Click on the following links to determine if they are:
A) Selling - store, corp, is there a cart? --making $ one-sided
B) Informing - libraries, museums, schools, gov't --is info even handed?; all views
C) Persuading - info is one-sided, advocating for something or way of thinking
A) Selling - store, corp, is there a cart? --making $ one-sided
B) Informing - libraries, museums, schools, gov't --is info even handed?; all views
C) Persuading - info is one-sided, advocating for something or way of thinking
Make the Inference
2) Background - Who? Author/ Publisher (person, company, organization)
CHECK OUT: About us; About this site; Our Team; name next to the copyright symbol
Do they have the education, training, experience to be AUTHORITIES?
Look for clues!
TRY: Web Search; Database Search for articles; Google Scholar - "author's name"
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Find the authors of the following web sites
Look for clues!
TRY: Web Search; Database Search for articles; Google Scholar - "author's name"
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Find the authors of the following web sites
Make the inference
3) Bias - What? A preference toward a subject, item, group, idea, policy, etc.
Everyone has biases. Be aware of your own--they shape how you view everything.
Keep an open mind.
What to use? Who to trust?
Everyone has biases. Be aware of your own--they shape how you view everything.
Keep an open mind.
What to use? Who to trust?
M - Message - look critically at:
A - Author - background - (education, relationships, peer review) and trustworthiness
P - Purpose (Why) - what is its mission? Is it known to be partisan (one-sided)?
How to tell? Look at: Mission Funding-who, what Members-editorial board Linked sources
How is it possible to use a biased source?
P - Purpose (Why) - what is its mission? Is it known to be partisan (one-sided)?
How to tell? Look at: Mission Funding-who, what Members-editorial board Linked sources
How is it possible to use a biased source?
Make the inference
4) Recognition - Where? - from others who cite, bookmark, react or link
Use Google Search to determine how many links to the site: eyeonDNA.com link:eyeonDNA.com
For magazine articles: Type in the Title of the article in quotes in Google search
For scholarly articles: Type in the Title of the article in quotes in Google Scholar
For scholarly articles: Type in the Title of the article in quotes in Google Scholar
Make the inference
5) Thoroughness - (What?) - how does its coverage compare to similar sites?
Search Google like this: related:eyeonDNA.com
Then browse the other sites
Search Google like this: related:eyeonDNA.com
Then browse the other sites
Make the inference
6) Currency - (What?) - is the info recent, updated
Check: last updated; dateline on article; page creation; what's new;
press releases; broken links
Check out how the TED site handles their currency
Check: last updated; dateline on article; page creation; what's new;
press releases; broken links
Check out how the TED site handles their currency
