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Internet vs. Databases
Thursday, October 1, 2009
LET’S TRY GOOGLE!google.com
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EVALUATING INFORMATION
“Wrong”Information
“Right”Information
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EVALUATING THE INTERNET
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Is the website backed by experts?
Is the website commerical or non-commercial?
Can you determine the authors of the website?
Image: “dot com” by Thomas Hawk via Flickr under a CC-license.
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Is the information backed by sources?
Is the information verifiable elsewhere?
Is the information relevant to your topic?
Images: “IT everywhere #31” by Paul the Wine Guy via Flickr under a CC-license.“Smack in the middle” by ogimogi via Flickr under a CC-license.
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Is the information up-to-date?
Can you tell when the information was published?
Does the website present new information?
Images: “#1 New MacBook” by Mikael Miettinen via Flickr under a CC-license.“2009-07-09 What Day Is It?” by RG of CS-taking a bit of a break via Flickr under a CC-license.
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Is the information presented objectively (when needed)?
Is the information comprehensive?
Is there a clear bias for a single viewpoint?
Images: “Chain” by waffler via Flickr under a CC-license.“Load or unload” by Pulpolux !!! via Flickr under a CC-license.
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HOW TO USE GOOGLEADVANCED SEARCH
google.com
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WHAT IS A DATABASE?search engine for printed publications
scholarly journals popular magazines
newspapers other content
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DATABASES vs THE INTERNET
updated daily
academic content varied content
updated irregularly
little or no reviewingof websites
PEER REVIEW
peer reviewing of articles
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Images: “049”, “Fresh from the Still”, “question mark ?”, “What ?” , “Question mark” via Flickr, under a CC-license.
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