Dog Island

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Dog Island
Dog Island
A paradise for your pet!
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Who? /Authority
Who?
Authority
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Who?

• Who created this website?
• Can you contact the author by mail, email, or
  telephone?
• Is there any information about the author or
  his/her organization? Is he or she an
  authoritative source?
• If there is quoted material, can you verify
  that it really came from the cited source?

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Who?
The Way Up
NCHS
Tahitian Noni
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What?/Accuracy
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What? Accuracy
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What?

• Is the site laid out clearly?
• Is the information well written?
• Are there links to other reputable sources of
  information on this topic?
• Is the information relevant to your topic?
• Is there enough detail to be useful?
• Is the information suitable for your age and
  needs (appropriate)?

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When?/Currency
When? Currency
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When?

• Is there a date on the Web page?
• If there is, does the date have any bearing on
  the accuracy of the information?
• Check out this USA Today Atlanta!

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Where?

• Do you know where this Web page is hosted?

• Can you deconstruct a URL?

http//www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/BOT135/s
nds/jimihendrix.htm
Where?
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Where?
Domain names gov U.S. government go.jp
Japanese government edu U.S. university or
college org organization mil U.S. military
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Why?/Bias
Do you have a cult fiction section?

• Why?
• Purpose
• Bias

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Why?

• Is there a bias?
• Is the website full of statements that are
  difficult to prove or disprove?
• Does it present both sides of an issue?
• Is the website emotional?

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Why?

• Teaching Zack to Think
• A Short Introduction to the Study of Holocaust
  Revisionism by Arthur R. Butz
• If this link doesnt work, click in the white
  space.

Its Gone!!! So..lets go here Check
this out!

Sowhat do we think about Northwesterns decision?
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Remember the Tilde
University of Queensland Staff Web Pages
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• Internet
• Online Databases

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Another Way to Remember This
Another Way to Remember All This!
RADCAB A mnemonic acronym for information
evaluationCreated by Karen M. Christensson, M.S.
Library Media Education
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RADCAB - Your Vehicle for Information Evaluation
Relevance Appropriateness
Detail
Currency Authority
Bias
Who What When Where Why
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For More on RADCAB
please visit Ms. Christenssons Web site at
http//www.radcab.com
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