TACO Website Evaluation

When looking at AUTHORITY of a website, you want to make sure the author/publisher is a/an ________.

• expert or professional writer

• award winner

• fan of the subject he/she is writing about

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The most reliable websites will often have what as a url?

• .org or .gov

• .gov or .edu

• .com or .org

• .edu or .com

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

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For research, it is important to know the writer's opinion about a subject.

• True

• False

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Which of these is NOT a reliable school database?

• Encyclopedia Britannica

• GALE

• ProQuest

• World Book

• Answers.com

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Professional writers should interview experts before writing their articles.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.7.10

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CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Reading an author's biography or resume is a good idea if you want to learn if he/she is an expert on a subject.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

An online article written in 2002 is still considered current.

• True

• False

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Read this publisher's biography. Should you use an article from this publisher's website in a research paper?

• YES

• NO

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CCSS.RL.4.1

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Look at this web address. Do you think this is a reliable source for folklore research?

http://folklore.usc.edu/?tag=mothman

• YES

• NO

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Read this author's biography. Should she be considered a reliable source?

Tanya Lewis was a staff writer for Live Science from 2013 to 2015, covering a wide array of topics, ranging from neuroscience to robotics to strange/cute animals. She received a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a bachelor of science in biomedical engineering from Brown University. She has previously written for Science News, Wired, The Santa Cruz Sentinel, the radio show Big Picture Science and other places.

• YES

• NO

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9