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Evaluating Resources: A Report in Determining Credibility
Searching Google: Chart to help you narrow your search
Search Technique
Definition of Technique How-To Example
Phrase Search Include an exact phrase
Put quotation marks around your search termsCaution: using phrase search may cause you to miss some results by accident, for example, "Alexander Bell" will omit pages that contain "Alexander G. Bell"
"The Beatles""George Washington"
Positive Terms Search exactly as is Add a plus (+) sign in front of the words you definitely want to include Henry +VIII
Negative Terms
Terms you want to exclude
Add a minus (-) sign in front of the words related to the meaning you want to avoid salsa -dance
OR Search Find pages that include either of two search terms Add an uppercase OR between the terms Istanbul OR
Constantinople
Domain Searches
Search within one specific website
Specifiy a whole class of sites
Include the word "site" and a colon followed by the site name
Or include the word "site" and a colon followed by the desired domain type
site:www.cnn.comsite:nytimes.comsite:.edusite:.gov
Fill in the Blanks
Find pages with information to fill in missing words
Use an asterisk (*) as a placeholder for any unknown terms
Shakespeare married * in *
OccurrencesSpecify where your search term occurs on the page
Include the modifier "intitle" or "inurl" followed by a colon and the word you want to specify
intitle:literatureinurl:wiki
Similar WordsSearch for similar words or synonyms to your search terms
Add a tilde (~) in front of the search term search ~tips
File Search Search for specified file format
Include the modifier "filetype" followed by a colon and the abbreviation for the kind of file you want
filetype:pdffiletype:ppt
Linked Pages Find pages that link to a specific site
Include the word "link" followed by a colon and the url of the site link:npr.org
Related Search Find web pages that are similar or related to the url
Include the word "related" followed by a colon and the url of the site related:bbc.co.uk
Definition Define a word or term
Use the word "define" followed by a colon and the word or term you want defined
You can also send a text message to Googl with the message "define:term"
define:epistemology
Evaluating Websites: I’ve found a great site, now what?
Information from online sources should be timely, relevant, valid, reliable, and credible—it’s your job to determine if the sites meet these requirements.
Locate website and run the domain through http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp
Type the domain name into the search box (leave out extra marks like / and -). For practice we’ll search Coppellisd.com
Notice the search brings up a page of information that includes site lease, contact information, updating information, as well as when the site was first leased and the current expiration date. Just by looking at our school website we can see some reasons that this site is “credible”. Describe those reasons in the box below:
So, why is this step important? Let’s find out…
Coppellisd.com is a credible site (based on the information to the left) because…
Check out this site: (martinlutherking.org). The screenshot below shows you the content of the first page. Just look and see what you think! What are some things you notice about this site?
Now, let’s run a whois search on this website and see what we find. Notice that the information is less forthcoming. But we do get a name of the registrant organization: StormFront. Let’s Google this name to see what comes up…WHITE SUPREMACIST
ORGANIZATION! WHAT?! How does this change the credibility of the martinlutherking.org site? Why is checking the credibility of sources an important step?
For any internet sources (excluding GALE/EBSCO), you need to
create an internet source report.
Notice how this organization is keeping most of the information hidden—that’s probably an indication that they’re not a credible source!!!
Evaluating Sources: Internet Report
Student Name(s):
Date:
URL:
Who is the host organization?
When was the site last updated?
How did you find this source? Describe the search that you led to it.
What evidence can you present that proves this source credible (include references to authors/creators and governing organizations)? How are you sure that this is a credible source?
What links are on this site and what sites link to this site?