Evaluating Websites
The 5 _____s help us remember the important questions to ask when determining the reliability of a website.
What are the 5Ws?
What is plagiarism?
What is because it can be edited?
The name of Google's search engine that returns only scholarly results
What is Google Scholar?
The question that looks at currency of a website
What is When?
What is cutting and pasting (from the Internet)?
An editable encyclopedia
What is Wikipedia?
What is keyword or topic?
The question that looks at the authority of a website
What is Who?
The easiest way to avoid plagiarizing
What is citing/referencing your sources?
The type of site that can be edited by users
What is a wiki?
The question that looks at purpose
What is Why?
What to do when in doubt about whether or not to cite something
What is cite it?
What is cross-referencing, or checking the sources listed at the end of the Wikipedia article?
One returns results for everything on the Web, and the other returns only scholarly results
What is the difference between Google Web and Google Scholar?
The question that focuses on relevancy
The type of plagiarism where another person's work is submitted word-for-word
What is clone?
A feature used on some Wikipedia pages to ensure only verified people have editing access
What is (page) protection?
What is a pdf or HTML link to the right of a Google Scholar result?