The process I have been using to deduce whether online sources are reputable are as follows.
First, if using a website, I look to see if it is one of the approved type of resources I am allowed to use for my research paper. If it is not, I discard it and search for another source. If I determine that it is viable, I evaluate the credibility of the website to determine if it is authentic by looking at the home page, various articles and sources (Vandermey, 2012). I also evaluate the date the article was written or published (Vandermey, 2012). Depending on the topic I am writing about, I generally decide whether the date is acceptable based on the amount of research available on my topic (Vandermey, 2012).
I have found that determining
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One particular website, in general, stands out above the rest and that is of the American Beverage Institute (ABI, n.d.). The American Beverage Institute represents restaurants, entrepreneurs, and beverage companies of the hospitality industry and coins itself as “the only organization dedicated to protection of responsible on-premise consumption of adult beverages,” yet, their actual mission is quite contrary (ABI, n.d.). The American Beverage Institute has instead named itself as an advocate against lowering the federal standard to 0.05 BAC (ABI, n.d.).
I have found that the ABI is biased in their presentation of lowering the BAC to .05 as they only present research which supports their mission. The information on their website is well supported and documented through various research based organizations and the writing is professional, clear, and well sourced. Many of the articles do not have authors, rather the entire article is attributed to the organization as whole. In this situation, I decided that since it is a reputable organization, and the articles are backed with reputable sources, I would move forward even though I could not find one specific author for some articles. Although this website is biased
9. Which types of URL's on the internet are considered more reliable when trying to find a website with scientific information? URL’s that end in .edu, .gov, and .org. Which types of URL's should you carefully question and verify? URL’s that end in .com or .net. Why? Because quite a bit of scientific info on the Inet is intended to entice people.
In writing a research paper, the hunt for creditable sources to use can be difficult. However, if one knows how to evaluate a source and deem it acceptable for college-level work, then it will make it easier to find sources to use. Many professors will reject sources if they are not academically acceptable, like advertisement websites and celebrity magazines, so it is important to look for sources produced by professional. Also, check the professional’s credentials, degrees, and knowledge. To determine if a source is creditable one must evaluate a source using a certain set of guidelines, in doing so a student can become good at sorting out the acceptable from the unacceptable. In evaluating a source, one needs to have three things for a general evaluation, which is author qualifications, accessibility to the source, and the information that is going to help one from it.
It is important to use the GCU library vs. internet search because using the GCU library you have access to over 46,000 full-text journal titles covering every major academic subject, and also receiving quality academic content. Using general internet search, publishers may want you to pay for the access of full-text content. Using scholarly, peer-reviewed resources will attribute to the overall quality of my course work. Being that information is everywhere on the internet you want to evaluate the accuracy and the reliability of the resources. It would be my job to research and evalutate all internet searches in a proper
Three ways an individual can critically analyze sources to determine if they are scholarly and credible are authority, accuracy, and coverage. It is serious to tell the concepts you discover on a site to a specific writer, association, or corporate. A source of data is
7. When using the APUS Online Library article databases, did you evaluate the credibility of the sources you chose?
How has technology and the Internet have brought young people closer together? For today’s teens, friendships can start digitally: 57% of teens have met a new friend online. Social media and online gaming are the most common digital venues for meeting friends. Phone calls are less common early in a friendship, but are still an important way that teens talk with their closest friends.
College life can be pretty stressful and complicate it at times. There are several things that can help college life become easier and more manageable. One of the main things and if not the most important it will be the ability to identify and separate credible online sources from non-credible ones. It is very true that technology has help make college life easier, with search engines such as Google or Bing at just one click away of distance. The only problem is that with so many choices to pick from how to tell if a source is even worth to look at without having to expend a great amount of time looking at each one through. Even though non-credible sources are easier to find, credible sources
1. Is your source reliable? Explain why or why not. (Please use the website evaluator tool to help you).
The biggest forms of information given to you through using the internet would include blogs, podcasts, and videos. The sources I use to evaluate when doing research on the internet is authenticated speaker, speaker qualified, authority, other found credible sources, accuracy, last revision, and it’s current these are some factor I could think of. The topic I chose has credible sources and also reliability sources that are already evaluated and uploaded on podcast, blog, and video.
When beginning to research for this project, it seemed that a lot of credible sources were from universities or other educational establishments. The best website is sponsored by Vanderbilt University and has awesome information and was very eye-catching. There was also another site sponsored by The University of North Carolina at Charlotte and it gave good information but not as much as the best one. Lastly, I chose a site that was not very good at all to discuss what makes it not credible. Knowing the difference between a credible source and a non-credible source is crucial to the research process. Each site chosen for this project has several pros and cons of why it is either credible or non-credible.
Regulating consumer decisions to prevent the overconsumption of unhealthy drinks is out of the government’s place. Jonathon S. Tobin, senior editor of the Commentary magazine, which focuses on political and
For my sources, I used mostly websites with the exceptions of two magazine articles, and an encyclopedia entry. The websites I
I would evaluate the credibility by searching domains with the endings like .edu, .gov, .org, and .com. These domains tend to deliver a little more substance and credibility. These sources are highly trusted with helpful information. To further your search and narrow it down, you can use “Boolean”
My research process was to use key terms in Google to find many sources and then narrow them down to useful, relevant, accurate sources. However, during the Personal Project I struggled to find very many sources. This made me change the way I found sources by applying the CRAAP test. The CRAAP test tested various areas such as Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose. By using the CRAAP test I was able to eliminate the useless sources efficiently as by using this method one could see just how effective the sources were. I would then add the sources that scored high on the CRAAP test and add the findings of the CRAAP test in a short paragraph after every source that wasn't myself or an image. One example of my CRAAP test was for a source in my Works Cited List. “I used this source when writing the start of my booklet. When I evaluated my source I determined that the currency scored a 4 this is due to the publication being fairly recent as it was made in 2013 and provides a full date. I found this information extremely useful when writing my booklet which gave it a 5 for relevance.“ (See Appendix B) etc. by doing this for the websites to find information it quickly allowed me to gain a better idea of what was useful in the
Research in the library labs were very helpful and informative in spotting web sites that were biased and did not have creditable information. Many people make web sites that are not credible and it is always good to select scholarly sources when writing research papers for school. When one researches a subject, you should always keep good records. I am a disorganized person, and lose