When using the internet for sources be sure to check the reliability of any site Some rules to follow If you can find the same information in three different places it is probably reliable If a website also has a print version such as a newspaper or magazine it is probably reliable ID: 748727
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SourcesSlide2
Reliable Vs. Unreliable Sources
When using the internet for sources, be sure to check the reliability of any site.
Some rules to follow:
If you can find the same information in three different places, it is probably reliable.
If a website also has a print version (such as a newspaper or magazine, it is probably reliable.
Information found on a personal website is probably unreliable.Slide3
Reliable vs. Unreliable Sources Cont.
Look for an author’s or expert’s credentials on the website.
If they have good credentials, the site is probably reliable.
If the site ends in .
gov
, or .
edu
, it is probably reliable.
If the site has people checking its facts on a regular basis
, it is probably reliable.
Wikipedia
is not always reliable
.Slide4
CRAP Test – Analyze your sources
Do this for
every source
Currency
Reliability
Authority
Purpose/Point of viewSlide5
Primary vs. Secondary Sources
Information comes from either a primary or a secondary sources. Primary sources are best to use whenever possible,
but are usually more difficult to get a hold of.Slide6
Primary Sources
Primary sources are original materials. They are written when the event happens. They are from the time period involved. No interpretation has been done on them
Examples of primary sources
:
Diaries
-Birth
certificate
Interviews
-
S
peech
Letters
-Autobiographies
Photographs or
art -News Footage
Works of literatureSlide7
Secondary Sources
Secondary sources are written after the fact. They describe, evaluate, comment on, interpret, or analyze primary sources.
Examples of secondary sources
:
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Commentaries
-Textbooks
History -Journal article
Biographies
Newspaper and magazine articlesSlide8
Quiz
Directions:
Identify each source as primary or secondary
and
Write
an instance when each would be considered a reliable source.Slide9
1.
Dance card, in which people kept a record of their dance partners at various social events.Slide10
2.
This diploma was earned in 1929.Slide11
3.
Encyclopedias and DictionariesSlide12
4.
This is a manuscript of a poem written by Stuart Sherman, c. 1923. Slide13
5.
Newspaper ArticlesSlide14
6.
First page of the minutes of a meeting of the Illini Union Board on May 26, 1948.Slide15
7.
This poster advertises a lecture scheduled for March 13, 2003.Slide16
8.
Text booksSlide17
9.
An oral history of John Florio was record on this audio cassette tape in January 2001.Slide18
10.
BiographiesSlide19
11.
Art prints