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Presentation was presented by the student of Replica, Mass comm departrment.
Supervisor and resourse person: M Ahmad Sheikh Ex. Deputy Controller, Head of National Broadcasting Service. Lahore. Pakistan
MLA powerpoint for 4th/5th Beginning Researchmafrco
This slideshow is intended to introduce 4th/5th grade students to the basics of MLA style when writing their research papers for a biographical research project.
Presentation was presented by the student of Replica, Mass comm departrment.
Supervisor and resourse person: M Ahmad Sheikh Ex. Deputy Controller, Head of National Broadcasting Service. Lahore. Pakistan
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Ron E. Lewis Library
Thinking Critically about Web Information—Applying the CRAAP Test*
When you search the Web, you’re going to find a lot of information…but is it credible and reliable? Use this
guide to help you determine this for yourself. Give your Web page a score based on this point system. Is
your Web source credible and reliable or is it a bunch of … ? SCORE _______
Checking for C-R-A-A-P! POINTS: 0 1 2 3
Currency or Timeliness
How important is it for your
topic to have recent
information? Science,
technology, and health
information need to be as
recent as possible. If yes,
how current is the
information?
There is no indication
of when the site was
created or updated.
The site was
created is over 5
years ago with no
date given for
updating.
The site was
created, revised or
updated within the
last 5 years. If they
are citing sources,
they are also
recent.
The site was created,
revised or updated
within the last 2
years. If they are
citing sources, they
are also recent.
Relevance
Is this the information you
need for your topic?
Consider the type of
information needed
(primary sources or
secondary sources)
statistics, history or
background information.
It mentions my topic
briefly but not much
else. Or it isn’t the
type of information I
need. Or it isn’t
enough information.
It provides some
information, but it’s
not enough, or it’s
not the right type of
information.
It provides most of
what I need, but I
still need more or
another type of
information.
It is exactly on the
subject, is the right
amount of information
and the right type of
information.
Authority.
Locate the author or
sponsor and Google the
name to find out more.
What else have they
published on the topic? Are
there any credentials for
the person to establish
them as expert? Is it the
main organization that
provides information about
a topic?
There is either no
author, or the author
is possibly a student
or an ordinary
person publishing on
the Web without
expertise. Or the
organization is not
known. Text errors
indicate the author is
not an expert.
Author is named
but with no
credentials. Or the
organization is of
questionable
authority. Web
groups can name
themselves with
names that sound
like other credible
organizations.
Author is named
but the degree of
expertise is not that
high.
Or, the
organization, is
well-known, and but
the degree of
expertise on this
subject is not clear.
The author’s
credentials are given
and clearly indicate
that he/she is an
expert.
Or the organization is
well-known and highly
credible on the topic.
Accuracy
Are there any sources cited
for the information?
Are images/photos labeled
and credited?
Information is
provided with no
indication as to
where it comes from.
There is a vague
reference to the
information source.
Ass ...
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2. Why Do You Even
Need to Find Sources?
Your opinions and ideas need to be founded on
research
Appealing to experts and authorities gives you more
credibility
Looking at a variety of sources from different
perspectives helps you develop and refine your
argument
You need multiple perspectives, taken as a whole, in
order to get the complete picture
3. Primary vs.
Secondary Sources
Secondary:
analysis of the work
• review of a particular genre
• article or essay about the
work
• biography of the author
• print or electronic reference
sources
• textbook
Primary:
an original work
• poem
• short story
• art work
• video
• research paper
• journal article
• book
•speech
4. So I Can Just Use Google
or Wikipedia, Right?
Wrong!
Anyone can post in Wikipedia, and when
you search google (or any other search
engines), the sites that appear at the top are the
most popular sites OR they are the sites that
pay the most money to get listed at the top.
Are these always reliable, credible
sources? Let’s take a look!
5. Sites Found Through
Google/Bing/Yahoo, etc:
http://www.dhmo.org/
http://haggishunt.scotsman.com/
http://www.ovaprima.org/index.htm
http://www.brookview.karoo.net/Sellafield_Zoo/index.html
http://www.umbachconsulting.com/miscellany/velcro.html
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/
http://www.umich.edu/~engtt516/index2.html
http://www.thedogisland.com/
http://www.genochoice.com/
http://www.hetracil.com/
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
http://www.thepregnancytester.com/
6. Some Common Domain Names
.edu - education sites- be sure that they have clearly identified who they are.
An educational — edu website can be written by any student with space on
their college’s server. It does not mean the site is automatically reliable.
.gov - government sites- be sure that they have clearly identified who they
are.
.org - organization sites- published by non profit organizations- read the
information that describes who they are and why they are publishing this
information. Find out if they are being sponsored by other reputable
organizations.
.com - commercial sites- usually this means the site’s purpose is to
generate revenue in some way. Determine how they are trying to do this
.net - network infrastructures- read the information that describes who they
are and why they are publishing this information
7. Even More…
And now A
word from Jeff
foxworthy….
You MIGHT be
an UNreliable
website, IF….
8. You have a ~ in your URL
You are out of date or are not frequently updated
Your purpose is to sell me something
You don’t list contact information and resources
You leave me with a lot of questions after I read it
You have a lot of broken links or old information
Your author seems to be full of biases and is only
giving opinions rather than facts
Your author’s background does not match with
the topic at hand and he/she does not shows
evidence of being knowledgeable, reliable, and
truthful
You have bad grammar or misspelled words
You contain numbers or statistics that are
presented without an identified source for them
11. Evaluating Web Sites
To verify a site's organizational sponsorship:
– Look at the domain (.com, .edu, .org, etc.). Addresses
ending in .gov .us and. (STATE ABBREVIATION) are
usually reliable. All other endings will require more
investigation to know if they are credible or not. Refer to the
domain chart on this page to help you.
– Look for an "about this site" link.
– Be careful of a web page that has a tilde (~) or a (%) in the
URL, as this usually identifies a personal directory on a web
site. Oftentimes it will also have the name user in the URL
somewhere
Note: A recent date doesn't necessarily mean the information is
current. The content might be years out of date even if the date given is
recent. (The last update of the page might have been from someone
changing an email address or fixing a typo).
To determine if information is up-to-date, compare the information on
the web page to information available through other sources. Broken
links are one measure of an out-of-date page.
12. Evaluating Web Sites
In general, information in science, technology, and business
fields ages quickly. Information in the humanities and social
sciences age less quickly. In some cases, old information can
be perfectly valid.
Biased information is not necessarily "bad," but you must take
the bias into account when interpreting or using the information
given.
Look at the facts the author provides, and the facts the author
doesn't provide.
Based on the author's authority, try to identify any conflict of
interest. Determine if the advertising is clearly separated from
the objective information on the page.
The web page in question should have a mix of internal links
(links to web pages on the same site or by the same author) and
external links (links to other sources or experts).
If a web page makes it hard for you to check the support, be
suspicious.
13. Evaluating Web Sites
Deconstruct the Web address (URL) to find out the source of
the information (and the server on which it resides). What do the
different parts of a URL, divided by "/" symbols mean? URL
addresses are hierarchical. For example, the URL address:
"http://www.gmu.edu/facstaff/policy/administrative/60.html"
, broken down into its components, is (from the lowest to
highest): the file "University Policy #60" - Responsible Use of
Computing ("60.html"), is linked in a Web page called
"University Administration Policies" ("administrative"). The
"University Administration Policies" page is linked on a Web
page called the "Faculty/Staff Information" ("facstaff"), which a
link on MasonLink the GMU home page, which server is called:
www.gmu.edu.
Try to select sources that offer as much of the following
information as possible: Author's Name, Author's Title or Position,
Author's Organizational Affiliation, Date of Page Creation or Version,
Author's Contact Information, date of last update, and other indicators
of validity that you have learned about through this lesson
16. Use the County Databases!
Everything you find
on here is LEGIT!!!
Credible! You don’t
have to worry with
Web Site
Evaluation Tools
and spend time
deconstructing web
pages!
How to Get There:
●Media Center Web Site (“Click ‘here’ to access the
databases”)
● Student Portal (look for a button
that says “Online Research Library”)
● Desktop of Student Computer
17. Citing Sources from Databases
(Another Perk of the Databases!)
Good news: many databases do all the
work and find your source information
for you (google doesn’t do this!).
– Once you find an article you want to use, just look for a “cite”
button (or some databases include this info at the bottom)
and select “MLA” to get this info to paste into your Easybib
Bibliography.
19. Other Sources to Try
-SweetSearch
-Google Scholar
(click on “More” at
top, “Even More,”
and find “Scholar”)
-News.google.com
-Easybib Research
tab
-WebPath Express
20. Moral of the Story
- Be critical users of the internet
- Use a web evaluation tool when
finding sites from the Internet
- Use the county databases to
save you time