Which of these is ONE key factor in assuring a website's credibility?

Updated frequently and recently

This point has been argued before (Frye 197).

What does bias in a source mean?

It is prejudiced towards or against a stance or belief

Frye has argued this point before (197).

What do you look at to evaluate a text's "authority"?

Who wrote it & their credentials

Anyone can add content to online sites. How does this affect the accuracy of many online sites?

It makes it harder to verify online information

Which uses quotation marks/periods properly?

“Slavery is illegal everywhere" (Christine).

If you want to conduct the best internet search possible, what should you do before you begin?

Learn a bit about the topic you're searching for

If you want to narrow down the results of an internet search, what's you best course of action?

Add more relevant words to your search

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Which of these is ONE key factor in assuring a website's credibility?
Updated frequently and recently
Has a % in the URL address
Pretty pictures
Looks legit
2
Which term describes the type of information you would get from an encyclopedia?
List of newspaper articles
Multimedia resources
Brief summary
In-Depth Analysis
3
What is this icon?
Google Drive
Google Chrome
Google Triangle
Magic Triangle
4
Which is correct?
This point has been argued before. (Frye p.197)
This point has been argued before. (Glenn Frye, 197)
This point has been argued before (Frye 197).
This point has been argued before (Frye, 197).
5
If the source doesn't have an author, what do we use to cite it in-text?
Your own last name
We shouldn't use that source
Keywords of the Title
Page Number only
6
You should not use the author’s last names in the citation if their name appears in the text.
False
True
7
Which of the following is an obvious sign of an UNtrustworthy online source?
Grammatical mistakes
A plain-looking logo
Pictures of butterflies
Lots of text with very few graphics
8
What does bias in a source mean?
It was published recently
It is a credible resource
It doesn't have an author
It is prejudiced towards or against a stance or belief
9
Which is correct?
Frye has argued this point before. (197).
Frye has argued this point before. (Frye, 197).
Frye has argued this point before (197).
Frye has argued this point before (Frye 197).
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Why should you research the website publisher?
Check for financial backing
Check if they are famous
Check if they are famous
Check for possible bias
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Every word in a title needs to be capitalized.
True
False
12
What do you look at to evaluate a text's "authority"?
If the information can be verified
When it was published
Why it was written
Who wrote it & their credentials
13
What type of source is this? A chapter in your world history textbook about the Ancient Greeks?
secondary
primary
14
Anyone can add content to online sites. How does this affect the accuracy of many online sites?
It makes it harder to verify online information
It has little, or no affect of the accuracy of websites
It makes online information more accurate
It fill academic and government websites with mistakes
15
Primary source would be all of the following EXCEPT
an original document
a documentary
a picture
firsthand account of someone's experience
16
Which uses quotation marks/periods properly?
“Slavery is illegal everywhere (Christine)."
“Slavery is illegal everywhere" (Christine).
“Slavery is illegal everywhere." (Christine)
“Slavery is illegal everywhere." (Christine).
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Which of these is a CORRECT in text parenthetical citation?
(Heintz pg. 52)
(Heintz, 52)
(Heintz 52)
(Heintz, 2003, pg. 52)
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If you want to conduct the best internet search possible, what should you do before you begin?
Learn a bit about the topic you're searching for
Ask your friends about their favorite websites
Spend a lot of time on the internet
Look up the history of search engines
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If you want to narrow down the results of an internet search, what's you best course of action?
Add more relevant words to your search
Log off the internet and go to the library to bug Ms. Stone
Remove the quotes from around the term you're searching for
Try using a more powerful search engine
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When you don't take sides of an issue, your paper is probably UNbiased.What does unbiased mean?
getting a bad grade
Fair
Convincing
Grammatically correct

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