What's in a Name?
I Knew I Could Count on You!
That's random
Tell Me About Yourself
Red Alert!
100
The most significant component of a URL that provides you with a clue about the reliability of a website.
What is the domain?
100
An online source of reliable information on many topics, often by paid subscription.
What is a database?
100
To back up your facts with two other sources.
What is triangulation?
100
This provides information about the author, creator and purpose of a site.
What is the About link?
100
Prejudice or strong opinion in favor of or against a topic.
What is bias?
200
Sites using this domain name are schools ranging from kindergarten to higher education.
What is .edu?
200
Someone who has done extensive studying on a specific topic.
What is an expert?
200
A question that is able to be answered.
What is viable?
200
I see an author's name on an article, but no information about her qualifications, so I don't know anything about her. I should do this.
What is Google her?
200
False information that is intended to mislead or trick you.
What is a hoax?
300
The information provided by commercial interests use this domain.
What is .com?
300
Artifacts, interviews, footage, photos, diaries are all examples of this.
What are primary sources?
300
Text, documentaries, images, movies, news broadcasts, TV shows
What is multimedia?
300
I can tell this information is biased. I should...
What is continue my research to find the other side of the argument?
300
Information that has been recently posted or updated.
What is current?
400
If you come across a site with this domain name, then you are viewing a federal government site.
What is .gov?
400
I saw it with my own eyes!
What is an eyewitness?
400
To inform, persuade, entertain or even sell you something.
What is purpose?
400
Proof of expertise.
What are credentials or qualifications?
400
Websites that people can add to or edit, such as Wikipedia.
What is open sourced?
500
Organizations such as the American Red Cross or PBS, usually a non-profit organization, use this domain name.
What is .org?
500
Penguin, Scholastic and ABDO are all examples of this.
What are book publishers?
500
This takes me to the information I'm searching for.
What is a Search Engine?
500
The full name for the abbreviation URL
What is Uniform Resource Locator?
500
The most forgotten sense.
What is common sense!
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