Student name_______________________________

NOTE: Published print and audiovisual resources are subjected to an editing and review process. Information found on the Internet is published by anyone without review or editing of any kind. Therefore, you must use the questions below to justify the use of Internet information in your research.

• Cite the Internet source you wish to use in your research in proper MLA format below:
e.g.: Author. "Title of document." Title of Homepage. Date of document. Online. Available
Full address of site on the Internet. Date you found it.
Smith, John. "How to cite MLA." Purdue Library Page. 4 Oct. 1996. Online. Available

http://www.purdue.edu/~smith/. 2 Feb. 1997.

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• ______Check here if you found this source on the UA library webpage.

If the answer is yes, you do not have to answer the remaining questions!
• What organization is the source of the information you found?

Look at the site address: http://www.upenn.edu (University of Pennsylvania)
If the main address is followed by: ~name ; file is in someone's personal directory
eg: http://www.upenn.edu/~smith/ (Who is Smith, a professor, student?)
Is there a link at the end of the document referring to a homepage that can identify an affiliation?
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• Why is the information available on the Internet?

Did the author put the information online to: inform, explain, or persuade?
If persuade, can you identify a particular bias? (Circle one)
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• Who is the author or producer of the information? (Look at the top and at the end of the document)

Has the author provided his occupation, position, or education on the document and
can you assess the author's expertise on the subject from the information provided? _____________________________________________________________________________________
Is contact information for the author included in the document? E-mail or street address, phone? _____________________________________________________________________________________
• Is the information well written and grammatically correct, or is it full of misspellings?

If the document is not properly written, chances are that it was put on the 'Net by
somebody without the proper credentials for the information to be of value in your research.
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• Does the site offer links to other related sites that can reveal any biases of the author? _____________________________________________________________________________________
• How recent is the information, and is currency important to your subject matter? _____________________________________________________________________________________
• Does the author list his sources in a bibliography so that you can verify his research? _____________________________________________________________________________________

1. "Evaluating World Wide Web Information." Purdue U. http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/research/classes/gs175/3gs175/evaluation.html
Schrock, Kathy. Schrock's Guide for Educators: Critical Evaluation Survey. http://www.capecod.net/Wixon/evalhigh.htm
"Student Handout: Information Literacy." Classroom Connect Sept. 1996.

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