Assignment #6
EVALUATING SOURCES
Due: November 22
Reading:
1. Select the best web page (or web site) you found
for Assignment 5 and write a brief evaluation of this page using the
criteria and guidelines explained in your reading ("Evaluating
Information from Web Pages" on the Evaluating
Sources page.) In order to write the evaluation, briefly answer
as many of the questions in reading as possible.
Write the title of the web page and the full URL (starting
with: http://) at the top of your evaluation.
Write at least one paragraph about the author and at least one
paragraph about the content. Your evaluation is your assessment of
the usefulness and credibility of the site based on the ideas
presented (content) and what you've learned about the author.
2. Find information to help you evaluate one article OR one book on your topic. This can be an article or book you found in one of the previous assignments or an additional article or book you have found that is on your research topic.
- For evaluating an article, you must at least find:
a) some information about the publication in which the article was published and
b) some information about the author.
- For evaluating a book, you must at least find:
a) one book review article that reviews the book, and
b) some information about the author.Please provide the information requested below.
If you are evaluating an article, list the following information:
Article being evaluated:
If you are evaluating a book, list the following
information:
Book being evaluated:
SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT
E-mail: your answers to: brenner@smccd.net
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