Notes

Reliable sources

URL can tell you -if its someones personal page - look for personal names following a tide (~) - a percent sign - The words users, members, or people

Domain it comes from? - educational(edu), nonptofit(org), commercial, government (gov) -what are implications? -investigate further to find out.

Scan the perimeter of the page and look for answers to the following: +Links that sy the following: -"About us", "philosophy", " background", "biography" -Last updated - Who created the page -contact info

Indicators of quality information + links off the site - other resources -"additional sites", "related links"- key words +links refering to other documentation -footnotes, evidence of research

Does it add up?

+why wa the page put on the web? -inform, give facts, give data -explain, persuade -sell -share -might it be irony, satire or a parody? -tone, outrage, exaggeration