The document provides an overview of an online resource that publishes weekly reports on various topics and issues. It aims to present both sides of hundreds of controversial issues in an unbiased manner through pro/con essays, topic overviews, primary sources, biographies, and other materials. The resource contains over 14,000 essays, 5,000 topic overviews, 300 primary sources, 300 biographies, and other references totaling over 5 million articles, 775 court cases, and thousands of images, podcasts, and other media. Each report includes an introduction, overview, background, current situation, outlook, pro/con analysis, chronology, bibliography, and contact information.

2. • Where to start a new project
• CREDO
• Finding credible websites
• Source evaluation
• Finding the library map
• Photo Scavenger Hunt

3. • What is the difference between a
reference book and a circulating
book?
• What does peer-review mean?
• What are limiters (aka filters)?

5. •Publishes weekly, comprehensive reports of a variety of topics and issues.
•Non-biased coverage with a plethora of sources (including strong bibliographies
and footnotes)
•Most reports have the same structure, with the following sections:
•Introduction
•Overview
•Background
•Current Situation
•Outlook
•Pro/Con
•Chronology
•Short Features
•Maps/Graphs
•Bibliography
•The Next Step
•Contacts
•Footnotes
•About the Author

13. •Attempts to present both sides of hundreds of controversial issues
•More than 14,000 pro/con viewpoint essays
•5,000+ topic overviews
•More than 300 primary source documents
•300 biographies of social activists and reformers
•More than 775 court-case overviews
•5 million periodical articles
•Nearly 6,000 statistical tables, charts and graphs
•Nearly 70,000 images and a link to Google Image Search
•Thousands of podcasts, including weekly presidential addresses
and premier NPR programs
•A national and state curriculum standards search, correlated to
the content that allows educators to quickly identify material by
grade and discipline

18. Laurine Standermann, A. (2011, September 25). [Wikipedia logo with a no symbol]. Retrieved from http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/wp-
content/uploads/2011/09/wikipedia-blog-week-4.jpg

23. Common website extensions
 .com – Commercial
 .biz – Small business
 .edu – Education
 .org – Organization (charity)
 .gov – Government
 .mil - Military
 Country codes
 Examples: .eu; .cn
www.google.com
Fresh venture. (2009, May 19). Domain extensions [Digital image].
Retrieved from
http://www.fresheventure.com/images/DomainExtensions.gif

24. Confirmation bias -
Connotes the seeking
or interpreting of
evidence in ways that
are partial to existing
beliefs, expectations,
or a hypothesis in
hand.Cooper, B. B. (2013, September 30). [Confirmation bias cartoon]. Retrieved from http://bufferblog.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-
content/uploads/2013/09/thinking-conf-bias.png
Nickerson, R. S. (1998). Confirmation bias: A ubiquitous phenomenon in many guises. Review of General Psychology, 2(2), 175-220. doi:
10.1037//1089-2680.2.2.175

26.  Currency
 Relevance
 Authority
 Accuracy
 Purpose
McLuhan legacy network. (2015). Map of the internet [Map]. From https://mcluhangalaxy.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/27b59-internet-map.png

27. Do you need current information
or historical data?
When was the piece published?
Have there been any revisions?
When was the latest edition
published?

28. Does the information speak to your topic?
Who is the intended audience?
Is the scope sufficient?

29. Who is the author?
Have they written on this topic previously?
Do they hold a degree in the topic?
Are they a part of any professional organization?
Do they provide contact information?
Who is the publishing company?
Have they published pieces on similar topics before?

30. Is the information supported by
another source?
Do the conclusions the author
develops seem plausible?
Is it from a peer-reviewed source?
Are there spelling and/or grammar
mistakes?

31. Overall quality
Is it arranged logically and consistently?
Has the article been cited in any other published
works?
Did the author cite their sources appropriately?
What is your overall impression of the source?

32. Why do you think the author wrote this piece?
What is the goal of the publisher?
Is the source objective?
“Objective - not influenced by personal feelings,
interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts;
unbiased”
Random House, Inc. (2012). Objective [Def. 5]. In Dictionary.com. Retrieved from
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/objective

39. • Please go to http://molloy.libguides.com/
• Look in the column on the right under “Post
Class Surveys” for the link “Librarian Class
Instruction Survey”
• My name is Susie Bloom