2. A search engine like bing or google is
not a website
Websites have multiple pages
Websites have an independent web
address
3. Finding ‘real’ information is difficult
Anyone can put information on to the
internet
Difference between creditable
evidence and non-creditable evidence
4. Who is getting paid is one of the best
tests for creditability
Advertisers and free cites should be
suspect for real research
College and government websites are
very good
Newspapers are strong too
About.com pays experts to work for it
5. Nothing and everything
Great source for learning
Terrible source for research
Any member can change any
information on the cite
For years, Mrs. Shipp changed the Zebra
page to say “A Zebra is a white horse
with black stripes or a black horse with
white stripes.” Funny but not true
6. You may not cite Wikipedia as a source
for your paper
10. You need
Author
Title of the entire website
Sponsor
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Date of publication if possible
DO NOT NEED the web address