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=__Web Site Validating__= When working with online sources of information, you can ask yourself some questions about the material you find, to help you evaluate and think critically about your sources. When you find a website or a source of information, ask yourself some questions. Who authors the site? Can you learn about the author or company that hosts the website? Does the site contain links to other sites? How reliable are these sites? What are the author’s biases about your topic? How can you tell? Does the author use inflammatory language? How accurate is the information on the site? While you may not always have enough knowledge about a topic to know right away if the information is correct, do some research on the author’s facts and claims. Does the author support claims with reliable sources? Can you verify their research through another source? Is there advertising on the site? What can this say about the website and the people who created it? How timely is the information on the site? If you are looking for current research, make sure that the site is updated regularly.

Now validate your 2 web sites. Use the tools on the Information Literacy page to help you. =@http://improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html= This site highlights the use of the scientific method. Can you verify the content by looking just looking at this site? What items on the site tell you of its truthfulness?

=@http://www.martinlutherking.org= Can find the author(s) of the site? Does the knowing the author(s) provide you with information? Do they express any biases? Using the Alta Vista search engine and the search operators, find out who links to this site. Does this provide information to you regarding how the information on the website is being depicted?

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