Research Basics
Website Detective
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100

The act of copying and pasting information without giving credit.

What is Plagiarism?

100

I created the webpage and you can find me at the top or bottom.

What is "the author"?

100

This is not the title of the website.

What is the title of the page?

200

Two databases recommended for finding high-quality information.

What are Britannica and Gale?

200

This helps prove that the information is current.

What is copyright date?

200

What are types of websites?

300

AI can be unreliable for information and citations.

What are reasons not to use AI?

300

This is the company or organization that put a website together, usually found at the bottom of the page.

What is the publisher?

300

What is the URL/web address/link?

400

The information is fact-based. 

What is a credible source?

400

Where do the links go?

What are quality sources?

400

When starting a new project, this is the citation style we use.

What is MLA?

500

The webpage's purpose is clear.

What is Inform, Entertain, Pursuade Sell?

500

What is a broken link?
500

Besides Databases and Websites, this is another type of resource you can cite.

What is a book?

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