First, you should always look at the URL. The address will have a tell-tale ending. Here is an excerpt from a great site (http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/research/evaluating_web.html) that explains it best:
What does the URL (Web address) say about the producer of the web site, and its purpose? Look at the final syllable in the domain name. The first three sites below are all "White House" sites. Which is the official White House site? How can you tell? Note that all three sites are easily accessible in a web search for 'White House'.
- .gov
Government agency: www.whitehouse.gov - .net
Internet Service Provider: www.whitehouse.net - .com
Commercial site - .edu
Higher education - www.lesley.edu. Other educational sites may appear with different domain names: www.whitehouse.gov/kids - .mil
Military site- www.navy.mil/ - ~
("tilde") Personal site - http://www.members.tripod.com/~DAdams/qkbrdinf.html - .org
Organization; may be charitable, religious, or a lobbying group - http://www.rtda.org.
Some links about website evaluation:
http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html
Remember this is a research paper. It requires the "so what?" factor. You have to prove and analyze a point within your paper.
The question is, have you ever seen sites that claim validity only to find out that they were a hoax, satirical, or trying to get you to signup/ buy something?
Check out this site.... valid or not?
http://147.129.226.1/library/research/AIDSFACTS.htm
6 comments:
are college sites vaild? One of my sites is a college website and it's an essay from a student. The essay is really good and won a big award at the school. It seems creditable to be and i wouldn't think she would win an award if you wasn't.
This site is fake. Any site that you would put up for us to determine if it was fake or not would definatly be fake.
I would say that this is not a valid site. The bottom of the page says that some of the information is bogus. The URL doesn't end in anything crazy, so that might be misleading.
I dont think this is a valid site. that business about mark twains birthday makes it hard to believe that this is a credible source. after all, anyone can claim they are a doctor.
I do not believe that this cite is a all valid. At the bottom of the page it says that the information is bogus. By reading that you would think that this would not be a valid cite.
1) The site is valid in the fact that it is a webpage. (Technically a file on a server, hence the IP address instead of a site name with a (.com/.gov/.edu/etc.) The important thing is that the INFO on this site is not valid. It says such at the bottom of the page.
2) Mark Twain's birthday. It has nothing to do with the validity of the site. It is merely there to tell you when the site was last updated.
3) The University that it came from. a) look at the name. It was picked to spell USA if you look at the initials. b) If you look it up on the web and find a valid .edu site, it may be a legitimate University, if not and it is .com or any other .(something) it isn't a real school.
3) The Doctor's name. The name doesn't matter as much as if you can find some information on the doctor on the web or using some other source. For all we know, it was a professor that set up this website (meaning a real professor). Whether the person is a doctor or not has no bearing on if the information is real or not
that being said...
4) LOOK UP THE SOURCES!!!! that is the easiest way to tell if the information is bogus!! NO REAL SOURCES, NO REAL INFORMATION!!!!
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