Source Evaluation

Read pages 437-447 in Rules for Writers.  THEN,

Tonight, take a tiny break from trying to find super smart, super credible, and super useful sources and do a little googling!  Using Google, or the search engine of your choice, find a website or webpage related to your topic.  (And yes, if it is closely enough related, you certainly can use it as one of your annotations!)  Look through the website/page carefully and then answer the following questions.  These can be typed or handwritten, as long as I can read them.  Keep in mind that these are short answer questions, which means that you should have a couple of sentence answers for each.  (Not just a word or two.)

1.  Write an MLA works cited citation for the webpage/website you have chosen.
2.  Who is responsible for the website or page?  What do you know about them?
3.  What is the website/page's general attitude toward the subject?
4.  What is the level of originality of the material represented? 
5.  How authoritative or trustworthy does the material seem?  Why?
6.  How completely does the source deal with the subject at hand? 
7.  What sorts of links does the site contain?  How do these links add to the authority of the site?  How complete and recent are they?  If you are dealing with a print source, what ads or other materials does the publication contain?  Do these add to the authority of the source?
8.  How is the source biased?
9.  How recent is the source?  How recently was it updated?

Bring to class tomorrow to discuss.