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How accurate is the information I find on the Internet? Why was a specific website created? Who created it? An authority? How can I verify information I find online? Why are there so many questions to consider? |
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Choosing to use a commercial search engine works best when you have a very specific search in mind that uses uncommon words, a phrase, or some combination of both. Because all sites with the words in them will be retrieved without any human selection process, this technique requires some knowledge of and attention to evaluating the sites for content and point of view.
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using the Google search engine, on the topic of women workers in Mexican
maquiladoras (export-industry factories). The Google search is:
maquiladora OR maquiladoras Mexico "women
workers". You don't need to include AND between the words because
Google does this automatically. The words "women workers" are
put in quotation marks so Google will look for this as a phrase rather than
as women AND workers. (For more information
about constructing power searches in Google and other search engines, follow
the links to "Evaluation Links" located
throughout this tutorial.)
To begin the tutorial, click on any of the questions posed by The Thinker. You can do any or all of the five sections. When you finish all of the modules, be sure to test your knowledge by taking the QUIZ!
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This page last updated on: September 20, 2002.
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