Verifying internet sources

Difference between paper publications and web sources

• web sources does not contain author's name



• paper publications contain list of sources



• web sources not always contain true information
  

Information need to be looked at when establishing credibility

• Credible sources.
  
• Support from other sites.
  
• research to checkwhat is on the site is true.

Important to check the background to your sources

• Make sure that information is safe.



• make sure that gathered information in the background is not abused.



• Make sure that the owner's information sources are correct.

Give a real example of site.

answers.yahoo.com

• The web site is crdible but the answer on people personal opinon of what they think.

Proper way to cite internet sourcesusing MLA format.

Author's Last name, First name. "Title of work." Title of complete work. (Address) (date of message or visit).

For example: Smith, Johan. "Violence in High School." Parent Magazine. http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/test/nonexistent.html ( 8 July 1992 )

5 sources

Tyburski, Genie. "How to conduct a background Check."

http://www.virtualchase.com/articles/background_checks_part2.html

Harnack, Andrew. "Source crediblity."

http://www.coastal.edu/writingcenter/wcdocs/credibility.pdf

Edwards, Judith. "Evaluating Internet sources."

http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue16/digital/

Stanger, Keith. "Criteria for Evaluating Internet Resources."

http://keithstanger.com/ineteval.htm

"Evaluating Internet Resources"

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic32.htm