Week 6

During today's lecture the main topic we learnt was searching and finding quality information on the Web. In the lecture the most important point I learnt today was that when looking for information on the Internet look at the web-page for authenticity and check the date and if the web-page is a reliable source.

In the tutorial I updated my blog and did the workshop.
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html
When using the Internet as a research tool, we need to consider a number of things to ensure that the website is genuine and the information giving to us is authentic.
Possible questions that need to be asked when evaluating sources:
Who are is the author/s?
Is the information accurate?
What is the purpose of this site?
Is the site up-to-date?
Was the page of any use to you and your research?


http://www.taftcollege.edu/newTC/Academic/INCO48/sec6-4.htm
The most useful aspect of this web page was the Ten C's For Evaluating Internet Sources, is very useful and would help any undergraduate who is studying any subject.
These are: Content, Credibility, Critical Thinking, Copyright, Citation, Continuity, Censorship, Connectivity, Comparability, Context.

I found that the first website "ICYouSee" was more useful because of the way that it is straight forward and easy to understand. The Taft College site was more detailed and explanatory, it had more information but most of the things were established in the first site, it was quite repetitive.