keith: crap detection
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SEARCH, EVALUATE,CITE
Benton Library Media CenterCreated by Melissa Corey
. . . Plus CRAP Detection
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Images: “MacBook light shift” by goobimama via Flickr, CC-licensed
“Goed Zoekveld” by Bart van Biezen via Flickr, CC-licensed
RESEARCH IS SIMPLE . . . RIGHT?
SEARCH
EVALUATE
CITE
“Closeup of an opened dictionary” by zehfernando via Flickr, CC-licensed
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
SEARCH . . . TWO OPTIONS
Images: “New Google Favicon High Resolution” by Tiger Pixel via Flickr under a CC-license.
OR
bentonlibrary.org
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
CURRENCY
RELIABILITY
AUTHORITY
PURPOSE
Images: “TP” by bathroomdiva via Flickr under a CC-license.
EVALUATE . . . THE C.R.A.P. TEST
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
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.
CURRENCY
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
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.
RELIABILITY
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Is the website backed by experts?
Is there an organizationbacking the website?
Can you determine the authors of the website?
Image: “Man vs. Power” by theqspeaks via Flickr under a CC-license.
AUTHORITY
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Is the information presented objectively (when needed)?
Is there a clear bias for a single viewpoint?
“Load or unload” by Pulpolux !!! via Flickr under a CC-license.
Is the website commerical or non-commercial?
PURPOSE
Image: “dot com” by Thomas Hawk via Flickr under a CC-license.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
TRY IT YOURSELF
Use the links provided to evaluate the C.R.A.P.
CURRENCYRELIABILITY
AUTHORITY
PURPOSE
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
bentonlibrary.org
bentonlibrary.org
HOW TO CITE . . . YOUR SOURCES
Tuesday, October 19, 2010