ENGL 101--Z. Miller, Fall 2022: Find Websites

Guidelines for evaluating websites.

Purpose

• Why was this source created? 
•  What audience was it created for?
•  Is it scholarly or popular? Does this matter?

Authority

• Who is the author? A person? A corporation?
• What are the author's qualifications for writing on this subject?

Timeliness

• Is there a date?
•  When was the content last updated?

Scope

• Does it give too much or too little information?
• How specific is the information provided?

When searching using Google, here are some tips for limiting your searches.

• -On Google, you have the option to limit your searches to just news, videos, or just books by clicking those options at top of the page, above your search results.
• -You can limit your searches to just government information by tying in your search terms, followed by site:.gov, for example: [Theodore Roosevelt site:.gov]
• -You can also limit your searches to specific websites by typing in your search terms, followed by site: and the site url, like [Flannery O'Connor site:nytimes.com]
• -Adding search terms like [interview] or [correspondence] or [letters] will let you target these types of sources.

Good luck!