Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Locating, Evaluating
And Citing Information
Fall 2010
To Be Covered in Today’s Session
Bartleby (www.bartleby.com)
Encyclopedia, dictionary, famous quotations
Library Databases
to Locate Articles
1. Accuracy
2. Authority
3. Objectivity
4. Currency
5. Coverage
Criteria for Evaluating
Articles and Websites
Accuracy
Is it reliable and free of errors?
Authority
What are the author’s qualifications?
How reputable is the publisher?
Objectivity
Is the information biased or intended to influence the
opinion of the reader?
Criteria for Evaluating
Articles and Websites
Currency
How up-to-date is the information?
Is there a publication date?
Coverage
What topics are included?
Is the content explored in-depth?
Criteria for Evaluating Websites
“General” Organization of Websites
Domain names:
.gov = government
.edu = educational
.org = nonprofit organizations
.com = commerce/business/for profit
.net = internet business
Optimize Your Google Search
Author
“Publisher”
Date of “publication”
Date of access
MLA Format