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Web Evaluation: objectivity

What to look for:

• Is there any bias? Is there an overriding political or ideological agenda?
• What is the purpose of the web page? Is the page designed to sway opinion?
• Can you distinguish facts from opinion?
• Are resources cited to support opinions?

Most resources have some sort of bias. That's not a bad thing (opinions are good!). It's just something of which you should be aware when using information.

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Overview

• Authorship
• Currency
• Objectivity
• Scope
• Usability

Use define: to get a definition.

Examples
• define:research
• define:primary source

Use site: to retrieve results from a certain site or type of site

Examples
• apa citations site:.edu
• pollution site:epa.gov

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