Online Sources & Searches

Which organization's website would have a ".gov" domain?

• A presidential candidate's campaign

• A city mayor's office

• A political news show

• A health care lobbying firm

To determine the reliability of an unfamiliar site, you should look into the:

• Publication date and number of pages

• Privacy policy

• Publisher, author, and content

• Design, interface, and text fonts

In evaluating an online article about Albert Einstein's work, what is the most important factor?

• The domain of the website

• The publication date of the article

• The number of sources cited

• The qualifications of the author

An informed opinion must be:

• Biased and emotional

• Objective and impartial

• Based on facts and reasoning

• Formed within the past year

Searching for "outer solar system", quotation marks included, will return results that:

• Contain "outer", "solar", or "system"

• Contain the phrase, "outer solar system"

• Contain photos, but not videos, of the outer solar system

• Contain any two of "outer", "solar", and "system"

In search queries, what do "+" and "-" have in common?

• They limit the number of hits

• They widen the scope of the search

• They indicate irrelevant keywords

• They indicate relevant keywords

What are the two most important keywords in the query, "What is the capital of Florida?"

• What and capital

• Capital and the 

• Florida and the

• Capital and Florida

What can in infer about a term that a search engine automatically completes?

• Many people have used it recently

• It's the best way to phrase your query

• An advertiser paid for its placement

• The search engine has correctly guessed your query

What website is the most unreliable?

• Website ending in ".gov"

• Website ending in ".edu"

• Wikipedia

• Website of a large business

Which search term will return results about George W. Bush's term as governor, but not his term as President?

• "George W. Bush" +Texas +President

• George W. Bush Texas not President

• "George W. Bush" +Texas -President

• George W. Bush -Texas -President