Citation Sites

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Sites that may help you with citing your sources:

MLA -- C.W. Post -- LI University
APA -- C.W. Post --LI Universtiy

MLA citation - Owl Purdue U
APA citation - Owl Purdue U

Noodletools

Web site evaluation:

Web Page Evaluation


Go to a search engine and perform a search on your topic: _
Use this checklist to systematically evaluate the web sites.


LOOK AT THE URL:
What type of domain is it? Appropriate for the content?
 ? .edu/.k12.us ? .org/net ? .gov/mil/us ? .com ? .blog ? wiki.. ? non-U.S. _ ? other
Personal page or site?
 ~ or %, or users, members, or people
Is this web site a "wiki" or "blog"? (Information from these needs extreme scrutiny--personal vs. research based) Who is the author/creator/owner of blog or wiki???
Wiki: A collaborative website whose content can be edited by anyone who has access to it. Blog: an online diary; a personal chronological log of thoughts published on a Web page
Published by entity that makes sense? Does it correspond the name of the site?
 Publisher or Domain Name:
SCAN THE PAGE:
Who is the author of the page? (Look up author in Google)
 ? E-mail ? Name: _
Credentials on the subject? (truncate back the url if no useful links)
 Evidence?
Date created? Updated? (very important for time sensitive data)
Date _ Current--within 1? 5? Years


LOOK FOR THESE INDICATORS OF QUALITY
Sources well documented?
 ? Yes ? No ? Don't know
Links to more resources? Are they live?
 ? Quality Links ? Links are live
Who links to this page?
? Quality links? ? Many or few?
Other viewpoints? Bias? Stereotyping?
 ? Bias ? Stereotype
Why was the page put on the Web?
 ? Inform ? Facts/data ? Explain ? Share/disclose ? Persuade ?Sell ? Entice ? Infomercial ? Bias ? Stereotype
Is similar information found in other places: books, ebooks,databases, periodicals/journals, or newspapers?
 ? Yes ? No