Class 20 Notes are in progress and are subject to change

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Folder: 20webeval

NOTE: update personal grade spreadsheets

Pictures that Lie Guidelines - Assignment Guidelines

How and why was this photo altered in PSE?

Analysis example

Class 20 Outline

coalcares.org

• Chris Nolan, Assistant University Librarian

• Use popular search engines to find accurate information
• Evaluate and compare differences, similarities and specialties of search engines/directories using Excel
• Google Scholar
• Directories
• Evaluating Web Sites for content, purpose, layout and agenda

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

  • http://www.martinlutherking.org/

  •  Feline Reactions to Bearded Men

  • http://www.improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html

  • Blondes to die out in 200 years

  • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2284783.stm

Invisible Web

Directories (Subject Lists) for Academic Searches

• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Infomine
• Trinity Library lists

Homework:

1. Make a brief but meaningful blog entry about what you learned from Chris Nolan's presentation - describe something new that you found out about and also something that surprised you. (50-100 good words)

2. Be planning your Pictures that Lie major project, including the critical thinking component - let me know if you need help with any technical details. What do you think of these examples from previous semesters? What's the message?

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