Evaluating Internet Resources
Criterion
#1: Content
§Accuracy
§Disclaimer
§Completeness
| Now take a look
at these? |
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| http://www.whitehouse.net |
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| VS. |
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| http://www.whitehouse.gov |
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| Which is the
REAL whitehouse? How long would it
take the average user to figure out that the 1st is a parody of the REAL
whitehouse page (whitehouse.gov) |
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| Example of a
questionable site: |
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| http://www.ceri.com/intro.htm |
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| (This is an editorial from a supposed expert. But, who is this guy, really? Notice that his resume is included on the
site; but the resume excludes his education and is very vague. Is CERI a legitimate organization?) |
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| Would you use
the information in this site? |
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| Example of a
good site: RR Bowker's Books Out
of Print http://www.bowker.com/bop/home/boop.html |
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| Other sites
which can be used to discuss accuracy & authority: |
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| OncoLink
(http://oncolink.upenn.edu) |
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| Tobacco Control
Archives (http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/index.html) |
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| Smoker's Home
Page (http://www.tezcat.com/~smokers/) |
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| Essays on the
Anti-Smoking Movement (http://www.tezcat.com/~smokers/issues1.html) |
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| The True but
Little Known Facts About Women with Aids, with documentation |
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| (http://147.129.1.10/library/lib2/AIDSFACTS.html) |
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