PPT-Finding Good Sources on the Web

T he challenge in searching on the Web is to find reliable information that will be relevant to your p aper The library computer center or writing lab may provide more extensive information Internet Tutorial. Successful tools often display some basic principles Understanding the anatomy of a good need finding tool will help you use the tools to their full potential and even invent some of your own At the highest level good need finding tools need Good su Andrew Blackmore. Senghennydd Library. Blackmoreah@Cardiff.ac.uk. By the end of the session you’ll be able to…. Source relevant information for your project proposal and presentation. Find journal articles for up to date research . How Do I Identify Credible Sources?. Keep these questions in mind as you choose and gather information from research sources.. 1. Does the writing seem too good to be true?. Sometimes content seems so amazing that it makes a reader wonder if it’s true or not. Beware of this as it can indicate unreliability and inaccuracy. Ask these questions to help you determine if the writing might be largely untrue:. Foundations. Primary sources – original evidence from a time period. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS . (excerpts or translations acceptable): . Diaries. , speeches, manuscripts, . letters, interviews. , news film footage, autobiographies. A system of thinking about the types of evidence is as follows:. Rational Appeals. Anecdote. Analogy. Consequences. Effects. Contrasts. Categories. Comparisons. Examples. Quotes. Hard Evidence. Facts . . Zvonimir . Pavlinovic. Tim King Thomas . Wies. . . New York University. An example. Rank error sources by some criterion. Report top ranked sources to the programmer. x: . int. The Steps. Identify And Develop Your Topic. Find Background Information . Find Books. Find Periodical Articles . Evaluate What You Find. Cite What You Find. How to Find and Develop a Viable Research Topic: Step One. Using the Web. For your graduation project you were able to select the topic that you were interested in, so that should make writing your paper a little easier. You also are very lucky that you get to do research and include it in your paper so you don’t have to make up seven pages worth of ideas yourself. The writing should be in your own words, of course! If you have good research it makes writing a good paper much, much easier.. English IV Research Process: Mrs. . Smith . Objectives . Define plagiarism and identify various types so you will know how to avoid it. . What do you already know about avoiding plagiarism? . Take this . On the Internet. How do you . separate . The . GOOD. From. The. BAD?. There is . so. much information on the Web. 1. Determine the . Authority. . of the Site.. Who is . in charge . of the site. ?. Jiawei. Han. Computer Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. July 20, 2015. 1. Outline. Motivation: Why Truth Finding?. TruthFinder. : A Source-Claim-Object Network Framework. Truth Finding: Variations and Extensions . Overview. Avoiding . fines . – scan and save your ILL request digitally. Library Policies –ILL. Understanding Citations. Method for finding sources. Top sources you should know. Perma. and Academic Commons. Solr. for great results.. Walter Underwood. http://. wunderwood.org/most_casual_observer. /. Typical Web Query Mix. informational. navigational (known-site). transactional (known-item). (Andrei . Broder. Scientific Inquiry in Social Work. Chapter Overview. This chapter focuses on: . Finding a research topic. Sources of information. Finding literature. Creating a research question. Potential Research Topics.