Introduction Show All websites should be evaluated for a number of different criteria, especially if you are planning to use the information found there in a course assignment or other scholarly research. In evaluating content on the web, you will look for many of the same characteristics that you look for in other resources, and evaluate based on some additional criteria, such as the host of the website and functionality of the website. Evaluation is especially important for using web sources for research assignments, but it is also important to view websites critically even if your research is only for personal purposes. created by Curtin Library, Perth, Australia. Subtitles/Closed Captions - text on screen. What is fake news? Fake news has been around for a long time but the US Presidential election 2016 highlighted the phenomenon. Fake news is defined by the Collins English Dictionary Online as “false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting”. Whether researching on the web for academic or personal purposes, the ability to distinguish fake news from reliable, accurate news sources is an important skill to have. From IFLA, International Federation of Library Associations Can I use Wikipedia?
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What about Google Search Results? Search engines such as Google use algorithms to filter, or tailor, the search results you see. Based on previous searches you have done - the sites you have viewed, what you clicked on and other data that can be gathered from your browser - Google will give you search results tailored for you using a 'relevance algorithm'. That is why you will often notice advertisements or recommendations for products and services based on where you shop and what you watch online. So the exact same search, using exactly the same search words, can return different results for different individuals. Are you comfortable with the idea that a computer is making decisions about what information you are shown in your search results? Eli Pariser is the author of the book The Filter Bubble and he gave a TED talk based on that book. Click on the video to view this fascinating TED talk and learn more about how filter bubbles may impact how you search for information online. Which if the following is assigned to each webpage to identify its location on the internet?A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a unique identifier used to locate a resource on the Internet.
What is an address that identifies the location of the page on the internet?The web address contains information about the location of the webpage. It is also known as the URL (uniform resource locator).
Which of the following is assigned to each webpage to identify?A URL (Uniform Resource Locator), as the name suggests, provides a way to locate a resource on the web, the hypertext system that operates over the internet.
Which of the following indicates a secure website connection?A secure URL should begin with “https” rather than “http.” The “s” in “https” stands for secure, which indicates that the site is using a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate.
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