Web sources are good tools to utilize for research, altough the researcher must be careful and detailed when using them. This is because anyone can post anything they want to on the web and make it appear factual even if it is made up. For example, we looked at two websites in class about the White House. One website was real and the other contained false information. Both of them looked very similar, but once I read on in the fake site, I identified that it was some kind of a spoof. In order to evaluate websites, one should look for accuracy, authority, objectivity, coverage, and currency.
Web resources also need to be cited like other research materials. I learned in class that there are sites on the web that would enable me to simply type in my information and then it will organize it into bibliography format. I think this is a very useful tool because bibliographies can be very tedious and time consume. I feel that this website will help me a lot in my research.
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