Hannah Scholten
Prof. Postma
MWF 9:00am
Written Assignment #3
Due next Wednesday, March 21
I think you will learn an awful
lot from this site. The Internet is so
important in our study and just life in general, enjoy this reading.
Attach
it to the assignment link.
Read the following site:
Evaluating Web Pages:
Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
Summarize your reading from this site. List three bulleted points under each topic.
1. What can the URL tell you?
…whether or not it is
someone’s personal page
… What type
of domain it comes from: government, educational, non-profit, etc.
…who is operating the page:
the publisher?
2. Scan the perimeter
of the page, looking for answers to these questions:
…Who
wrote the page?
…
When was it published/updated? Is it current?
…What
are the author’s credentials on this subject?
3. Look for indicators
of quality information:
…Are
sources documented with scholarly
footnotes?
…If the information is
reproduced does it have permission to be, has it been altered?
…Are there links to other sites
on the topic, do they represent other viewpoints?
For part #4, use alexa.com on one of your favorite sites. List the site, the rating, and related sites.
4. What do others say?
…Link
you entered: www.amnesty.org/
…Traffic
details: traffic rank= 15,857. It is
rated with five stars. 12% of their traffic comes from
…Related sites: Copy and pasted
from alexa.com, related links for amnesty.org/
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Amnesty International Nederland |
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Amnesty International UK |
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Freedom House |
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Amnistía Internacional |
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Human Rights Interactive Network
|
|
University Of Minnesota Human Rights Library
|
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Vanderbilt Amnesty
International |
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Amnesty International Group 92 |
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Amnesty International Local Group 554,
Ronkonkoma/Holbrook,... |
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Derechos.org |
