Evaluating Websites: 

How do you know if a source is legitimate?

Check out this website: http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

Or this one: http://www.martinlutherking.org  (Just taken down)

Evaluate websites, using the following criteria:  http://whois.domaintools.com/

Check out this: Why site is taken down.

Accuracy: Be skeptical. Does the information seem accurate? Misspellings or poor grammar? Mistakes? Extreme statements?

Currency: How current is the information? Is it dated? When was the website last updated?

Author: Whose website is this?  How do you know? If you don't know, go to:

Purpose: What is the website's purpose? to sell you something? to persuade you? to inform you? How do you know?

Or: CRAAP

Research tip: Instead of Google, try Sweet Search.

Click here for photos you can use without citation through Creative Commons.

Watch this TED ED talk about How to Choose News. Click Here.

Beware of Plagiarism: 

Watch this video for tips on how to cite sources and avoid plagiarism:  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnTPv9PtOoo