Good Source/ Bad Source
Assignment:
The internet can be a very
valuable tool, but sometimes the sites we visit are not the most academically
reliable sources. Your task is to find
both examples of reliable and unreliable internet sources. Using your research topic as a guide, you are
responsible for finding four examples of each (four good sources/ four bad
sources), and then listing at least five reasons (for each source) why a source
is good or bad. Try to go beyond simply
stating something like…“this source does not properly document information,”
and explain why the source you are
evaluating is or is not sufficient for your particular project. Please paste the web address for each website
into your document, next to the corresponding source. That way I can look at the sites to which you
are referring. *Feel free to use any of
your reliable sources for your research paper.
Email me your
source evaluations by 5:00pm, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 [or anytime before…but no
later than Monday]. When I have checked all of your evaluations,
I will select one or two from each to post on this site.
**Read and refer to Longman pages 165, and “Web and Internet Resources”
166-175. You’ll find section 22d
“Evaluating Web and Internet Sources” (pp172-174) especially helpful.
Also take a look at Five
Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages , Evaluating
Sources, and The Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly.
So….
1 topic (your research topic)
four reliable sources
-listing
five reasons per source
&
four unreliable sources
-listing
five reasons per source
(that’s 8 sources total, 5 reasons per source)
Example for a reliable source:
Source 1 (name of source and link to
website)
1.
reason the source is reliable
2.
reason the source is reliable
3.
reason the source is reliable
4.
reason the source is reliable
5.
reason the source is reliable
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
1.)
This
website has a “.gov” web address, meaning that it is
an official government site.
2.)
The
site is backed by the
3.)
There
is a toll free number listed where one can call with any problems or comments,
as well as an email address.
4.)
The
source offers the full text of many official documents, including both present
and past versions.
5.)
The
website looks very professional features many different links, such as search
options and press releases related to immigration.
Sarah E. Minegar, 2007-2009