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Evaluating Web Sources
The Internet
Research Know-How
Library Catalog
Library FAQ
100
Verifying that the information on the Internet is timely, fresh, the latest.
What is currency?
100
Short for "Hypertext Transfer Protocol", this protocol is used to publish web pages on the Internet.
What is HTTP?
100
You must do this whenever you quote or paraphrase the work of another.
What is cite your source?
100
You can find materials by author, title, series, and this field which is what the book is about.
What is subject?
100
It's where you can find many information resources free of charge.
What is your library?
200
Making sure information on the web is correct and can be verified by other sources.
What is accuracy?
200
Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.
What are a search engines?
200
These scholarly publications are available in print and through electronic databases.
What are journals?
200
To find non-fiction materials in the library you'll need to find this number in the library catalog.
What is the Dewey Decimal Number?
200
It's the only thing you need to take home books and other materials from the library.
What is a library card?
300
Making sure the source of Internet information has the expertise on a given subject?
What is authority?
300
Searching phrases is easy when you use these.
What are keywords?
300
This reference source comes from Greek, meaning "complete knowledge"
What is encyclopedia?
300
Located throughout the library, you can browse the library catalog using these.
What is the OPAC?
300
It's how fiction books and materials are organized at most public libraries.
What is alphabetical by last name of the author?
400
Making sure that the information you find matches your information need.
What is relevance?
400
These make searching the Internet a logical operation.
What are Boolean operators?
400
Not a good source for scholarly research, though it may point to other scholarly resources.
What is Wikipedia?
400
Searching by this option retrieves more results because it searches multiple fields.
What is keyword?
400
It's the section of the library where you would find encyclopedias, atlases, and almanacs.
What is the reference section?
500
Making sure the information you find on the Internet is intended for scholarly research and relatively free from bias.
What is purpose?
500
A free source of electronic databases and journal articles.
What are the library's online resources?
500
Researchers prefer scholarly articles that have undergone this process.
What is peer review?
500
This preceded the electronic catalog.
What is the card catalog?
500
Whether it is helping you find information or a great book recommendation, this person just wants to help you.
What is the librarian?