How to find good information on

the internet and cite it in your

paper

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Google Scholar

Go to Google.com

Click on “More”

○ Click on “even more”

○ Scroll to bottom – click on Scholar

Now search your keywords

You cannot use regular google!!

Now that you know how to get to a

search engine, we need to learn how to

search in a way that will give you TONS

of useful information!

Use quotation marks to search for

phrases. Below are two Google

searches:

down syndrome 40,600,000 results

“down syndrome” 6,040,000 results

Quotation marks

Be careful to not be too broad:

down syndrome 40,600,000 results

Or too narrow:

“parent help with communication skills of

children with down syndrome”

0 results

Narrow or broaden your search

Change search terms and use

synonyms:

“parent help” “communication

skills” children “down syndrome”

OR

“down syndrome” communicate

child parents

Authority

Is everything on the internet

accurate?

NO!How do you check a website’s

authority?

How to check a website’s authority

♦ Check the domain:

.com=commercial website. Trust info from companies that you

know are trustworthy.

.org=non-profit organization. Trust info from organizations that you

know are trustworthy.

.gov=US government site. Always trust the info on these pages.

.k12.[state].us=school district. Trust info if it’s a teacher page

but not if it’s a student page.

.edu=college or university. Trust info if it’s a teacher page but not if

it’s a student page.

How to check a website’s authorityDoes the site look professional? Should these

websites be used for research? Click the yellow

links.

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Whose web site is it?

-- A person? Have you heard of them?

-- A company? Have you heard of them?

-- A school?

How to check a website’s authority Is there an author for the page or article?

Is there a name signed?

Are any credentials listed for the author?

Does the author have anything else published?

Are sources cited?

Is the information consistent with other sources

you’ve seen?

Are there misspellings? Don’t trust websites that

can’t spell!

How old is the webpage or website?

Look at each of these websites and decide if

they should be used for research

Women and AIDS

World Trade Organization (WTO)

World Trade Organization (GATT)

Endangered Animals

Cloning

Wikipedia

Citing webpages

Miller, Jon and Peggy Rosin. “Improving

Communication Skills: Research to Practice.”

National Down Syndrome Society. 2006.

National Down Syndrome Society. 27 Mar.

2006 <http://www.ndss.org>