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ENGL 101--Warren, Fall 2021: Find Websites

The CAN OF MYSTERY!!!

Evaluating Web Resources

Guidelines for evaluating websites.

Purpose

  • Why was this source created? 
  •  What audience was it created for?
  •  Is it scholarly or popular? Does this matter?

Authority

  • Who is the author? A person? A corporation?
  • What are the author's qualifications for writing on this subject?

Timeliness

  • Is there a date?
  •  When was the content last updated?

Scope

  • Does it give too much or too little information?
  • How specific is the information provided?

Google Search Tip

When searching using Google, here are some tips for limiting your searches.

  • -On Google, you have the option to limit your searches to just news or just books by clicking those options at top of the page, above your search results.
  • -You can limit your searches to just government information by tying in your search terms, followed by site:.gov
  • -You can also limit your searches to specific websites by typing in your search terms, followed by site: and the site url, like site:nytimes.com

Good luck!

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https://library.usca.edu/c.php?g=879884&p=6320735
library.usca.edu
crawl=CC-MAIN-2022-40
74402
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:4MQ34KQBKGT4AXC5VAHM3F6CPSHI442T
<urn:uuid:4322e13d-aa11-453c-aac3-b48c57aa42a7>
2022-10-01T01:05:49Z
54.85.246.96
text/html
sha1:ZJ5WHIIUABIENY3JLYWGLZL22YORAWLC
<urn:uuid:c3c6ef4a-238e-4706-90f7-672c9bae2ffc>
https://library.usca.edu/c.php?g=879884&p=6320735
response
<urn:uuid:0fc1a176-364f-4feb-a366-aee020d32a45>
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2022-40
publisher: Common Crawl
description: Wide crawl of the web for September/October 2022
operator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)
hostname: ip-10-67-67-167
software: Apache Nutch 1.19 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)
robots: checked via crawler-commons 1.4-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)
format: WARC File Format 1.1
conformsTo: https://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/