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Is it Relevant?
Does the Writer Have Authority?
Is it Accurate?
Is it Objective?
Is it Current?
100
True or False: Topics on a reliable web site should be relevant to what the web site is about.
What is TRUE?
100
A web site MUST have this, or it is a red flag that it is not a credible source.
What is an author?
100
For assistance in determining whether information is accurate, you can do this.
What is compare the page to related sources?
100
This type of web site is usually a commercial web site (trying to sell something).
What is a .com?
100
Ensuring that these work can give you a clue whether a web site is current.
What are hyperlinks?
200
True or False: The higher up a web site appears in a search engine, the more relevant it is to your search.
What is FALSE?
200
This is always a good way to ensure a web site author has conducted research from a credible source.
What is a reference list?
200
This is our school database that helps us narrow information down to more credible online sources.
What is EBSCO Host?
200
This type of web site may try to persuade you toward a particular cause or opinion.
What is a .org?
200
What is an obvious way to see if a web site is current?
What is look for a date to see when it was last updated?
300
The web site is probably reliable if this type of person has recommended it to you.
What is a teacher or professor?
300
To check if an author is an expert in his or her field, you can do this.
What is conduct a web search on the author?
300
This web site gives a disclaimer that its information is not accurate.
What is wikipedia?
300
If you see symbols like ~ or % in the url, this might mean the web site is this.
What is a personal web site or blog?
300
If this aspect of the web site is out of date, there is a strong chance that the information is not current.
What is the overall look and presentation of the web site?
400
If you got to the information by clicking on a link from this type of web site, it is probably reliable.
What is a scholarly or academic web site?
400
The author should provide plenty of this to back up his or her claims.
What is evidence?
400
A lot of these are definitely red flags that a web site may not be credible.
What are spelling mistakes and grammatical errors?
400
This type of web site comes out of academia and usually contains credible information.
What is a .edu web site?
400
TRUE or FALSE: All web pages are current and up to date.
What is FALSE?
500
True or False: If a web site is cited in a scholarly publication, it is likely to be a reliable source to use.
What is TRUE?
500
The author of the text should be this (hint: means "impartial").
What is unbiased?
500
This is a web site you can visit that will direct you to educational journals and articles.
What is google.com/scholar?
500
This type of site is highly regulated by the government and contains little to no advertising.
What is a .gov web site?
500
In most cases, you should try to use information that is no older than this many years.
What is 10 years?