Week 9

Six strategies to finding information on the web:

1. Make sure you're in the right place: not everything can be located on teh web, so make sure the information that you are looking for can be located on that site.
2. When in doubt, doubt: not all information on the web is necessarily correct, always check for evidence, bias and especially your own knowledge.
3. Consider the source: always find out exactly who wrote their source, their name as well as evidence about them that proves that they are a reliable source of information.
4. Know whats happening: make sure you check the reason why the website was created, whether it was to sell something, to inform or to persuade.
5. Look at the details: look at when the site was last updated, the quality of the grammar and the depth in which the author goes into.
6. Distinguish web pages: check to see if the web page was originally something else such as a book or report.

First website evaluated:

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/sixties/index.html

Accuracy: This site is accurate as it conatin information on the author which is the University of Virginia and in contains a lot of information about the bands, drugs, protests, woodstock and many other important facts that occured in the 60s.

Authorship: As stated above this site clearly states the authorship on the home page which is Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia and this helps the readers to believe that it is a reliable site and that the information is valid.

Purpose: The purpose of this website is to inform people about the 60s. Including the music, drugs, social protests, hippies and woodstock.

Detail and Design: This site has a lot of detail of the topics it discusses and then supports this with pictures and photos which helps the readers understand and indorse the information.

Overall Worth: The overall worth is a very accurate site and it conatins a lot of valiable information about the 60s as it conatins information about the author and a lot of detailed information about the events and other important aspects of the 60s.

http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture27.html

Accuracy: This site is very accurate as it conatins dates about the events from the civil war to present time. The information is for a lecture and the unit American History 102 this also supports its accuracy as its main purpose is to teach people about the civil war to present time.

Authorship: The authorship of the site is clearly stated at the top of the site which also helps in supporting its authenticity. The site is written by Stanley K. Schultz who is the Professor of History.

Purpose: The information presented on the site is from a lecture so its main purpose is for the students from the unit American History 102 who are learning about the civil war to present day.

Detail and Design: The site goes into much detail of the events that have accured in America from the Civil war to present day, this is then supported with dates and timelines of the information. The design of the site is very simple and is presented like a notebook which makes it look like an academic piece iof writing.

Overall Worth: This site is very worthy as it contains a lot of information, including dates that support the supplied information that is presented. This site is very reliable and this is mainly shown by the author who is a university professor.