5th Grade Research

What should you take into consideration when researching a topic online? choose all that apply.

• Not everything on the Internet is useful

• Consider using only 1 website so you know where you got all your information.

• Be familiar with your topic first by reading books

• Everything you search for will give you good results on your topic

• Check facts with other sources

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What can you conclude about a website if it ends in .gov?"

• It's the professional website of one of the 50 U.S. governors
• It's run and maintained by the U.S. government
• It's run by the government of one of the member countries of the United Nations 
• It's meant to be viewed by government employees only

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Which of the following is probably the most trustworthy online source? 

• TheMessageBoard.com
• PeopleSpace.com
• TheUSA News.org
• TommyB's.net

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Anyone can create a webpage or add content to message boards and other forums. How does this affect the overall accuracy of online information?

• It makes online information quite accurate as a whole

• It has little or no effect on the overall accuracy of online information

• It fills academic and government websites with mistakes and inaccuracies

• It makes it harder to verify the accuracy of online information

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True or False: With most websites, you don't have to read the entire page to find what you're looking for. You can just skim the page instead.

• True
• False

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What does a .com suffix indicate?

• That it is governed by the constitution.

• That it is maintained by the government.

• That it was created by a business organization for commercial reasons.

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What does a .edu suffix indicate?

• The site is owned by a school or university.

• The site is selling scholarships for students.

• The site is 100% reputable.

• The site is edited by the government.

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What is a search engine?

• a paid library website that gives reliable information

• a library online catalog

• searches the Internet and identifies items that match the characters and keywords entered by a user

• a collection of full text articles used for research projects

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This is an example of...

• a search engine

• a library database

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This is what you use to locate a webpage:

• cite

• web-address (URL)

• title

• source

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