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Evaluating Websites

Learn how to evaluate websites for reliability, understand search engine algorithms, explore Wikipedia's authority, decode URLs, and assess information criteria. Explore databases for academic research. Navigate through the good, bad, and ugly of search results.

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Evaluating Websites

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  1. Evaluating Websites

  2. REASONS TO EVALUATE • Anyone can create a Web page • page can be created to advertise a product or disseminate propaganda • decide if a page created for recreational purposes is reliable and authoritative for research • Facts and opinions are mixed • are the facts used current

  3. HOW A SEARCH ENGINE WORKS • How Search Engines Work • Major Search Engines: The Same, But Different • Spiders/Crawlers • Find specific sites • Index found sites • Search the index • Search Engine Ranking • Algorithms • location/frequency method • The same, but different • Off page factors (linking)

  4. WIKIPEDIA • Wikiality • Wikipedia vs. Encyclopaedia Britannica • Comment from Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia’s founder

  5. ANATOMY OF A URL • http://www.odci.gov/csi/books/vietnam/epis1.html • the URL Web server: www.odci.gov • the path of the document: csi/books/vietnam • the file containing the document: epis1.html • https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/cia-and-the-vietnam-policymakers-three-episodes-1962-1968/index.html

  6. CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING INFORMATION • Organization • Authority • Accuracy/Objectivity • Scope • Currency

  7. THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY • Google Search • Search term: Martin Luther King • Organization • Authority • Accuracy/Objectivity • Scope • Currency

  8. SEARCH RESULTS Explanation of search results

  9. THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY • CONTROVERSAL INFORMATION • Jew Watch(www.jewwatch.com) • Institute for Historical Review(www.ihr.org) • The Journal of Historical Review

  10. DATABASES • Suggested Databases • Academic Search Premier • Opposing Viewpoints • Project Muse • ProQuest Religion

  11. Any Questions?

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