How to find good information on the internet

and cite it in your paper

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Google Scholar

Go to Google.com Click on “More”

○ Click on “even more”○ Scroll to bottom – click on Scholar

Now search your keywords You cannot use regular google!!

Now that you know how to get to a search engine, we need to learn how to search in a way that will give you TONS of useful information!

Use quotation marks to search for phrases. Below are two Google searches:

down syndrome 40,600,000 results “down syndrome” 6,040,000 results

Quotation marksQuotation marks

Be careful to not be too broad: down syndrome 40,600,000 results Or too narrow:“parent help with communication skills of children with down syndrome”0 results

Narrow or broaden your searchNarrow or broaden your search

Change search terms and use synonyms:

“parent help” “communication skills” children “down syndrome”OR“down syndrome” communicate child parents

Authority

Is everything on the internet accurate?

NO!How do you check a website’s

authority?

How to check a website’s authority♦ Check theCheck the domaindomain::

.com.com==commercial website. Trust info from companies that you commercial website. Trust info from companies that you know are trustworthy.know are trustworthy.

.org.org==non-profit organization. Trust info from organizations that you non-profit organization. Trust info from organizations that you know are trustworthy.know are trustworthy.

.gov.gov==US government site. Always trust the info on these pages.US government site. Always trust the info on these pages.

.k12.[state].us.k12.[state].us==school district. Trust info if it’s a teacher page school district. Trust info if it’s a teacher page but not if it’s a student page.but not if it’s a student page.

.edu.edu==college or university. Trust info if it’s a teacher page but not if college or university. Trust info if it’s a teacher page but not if it’s a student page.it’s a student page.

How to check a website’s authorityDoes the site look professional? Should these Does the site look professional? Should these websites be used for research? Click the yellow websites be used for research? Click the yellow links.links.

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Whose web site is it?Whose web site is it?-- A person? Have you heard of them?-- A person? Have you heard of them?-- A company? Have you heard of them?-- A company? Have you heard of them?-- A school? -- A school?

How to check a website’s authority Is there an author for the page or article?

Is there a name signed?Are any credentials listed for the author?Does the author have anything else published?

Are sources cited? Is the information consistent with other sources

you’ve seen? Are there misspellings? Don’t trust websites that

can’t spell! How old is the webpage or website?

Look at each of these websites and decide if they should be used for research

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Don’t use Wikipedia!

Anyone can change

the info on their

pages.

Citing webpages

Miller, Jon and Peggy Rosin. “Improving Communication Skills: Research to Practice.” National Down Syndrome Society. 2006. National Down Syndrome Society. 27 Mar. 2006 <http://www.ndss.org>