Let's compare
the artilces in a library (e.g.J.Paul
Leonard Library at San Francisco State University) and the ones
on the WWW. How are they different? .
*The teachers may use this site as homework for the Students.
Direction:
Follow the lesson A-E below. You will learn why it is important
to evaluate the reliability of on-line articles and how to evaluate them.
Let's compare
the artilces in a library (e.g.J.Paul
Leonard Library at San Francisco State University) and the ones
on the WWW. How are they different? .
Here is the poossible list of differences between SFSU library and WWW. You can add more for each category if you think about any other differences
| WORLD WIDE WEB | SFSU LIBRARY |
| anyone can publish a Web site | books are selected by library staff based on their value to students |
| almost instant publishing | publishing books and magazines takes more time and resources |
| marketing/sales/advertising very common less | marketing/advertising/sales |
| links to other sites | references to other books |
| audio/video/text/pictures together | audio/video/text/pictures separate |
| can be continually updated | updates slower |
| old information might stay on the Internet forever | usually older editions are replaced by new ones |
| possibly less help finding sources | librarians available |
Look at the handout below. Read through and understand what you
are going to focus on when you are evaluation the on-lin e artilces.
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The following Web sites show articles about "Globalization". Evaluate the Web sites by using the evaluation form above and rank the four Websites from "best research
sources"to "worst research source"
"10 benefits of the WTO trading system"
www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/10ben_e/10b00_e.htm
"Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the Free Trade Area of the Americas"
www.globalexchange.org/ftaa/topten.html
"Citizens worldwide demonstrate against World Trade Organization's anti-environment and anti-labor policies"
www.hockingvoice.org/wto.htm
"Globalization: A Primer"
www.cepr.net/GlobalPrimer.htm
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