Media Review!

A system used for checking how "good" a resource is...

• CAPE

• CARE

• CLUNK

• LOVE

Answer explanation

CARE stands for...

Currency

Accuracy

Relevance

Easy

A measure of how easy or difficult a resource is to use is...

• Currency

• Accuracy

• Relevance

• Ease of Use

Answer explanation

Ease of Use is when you rank how easy or difficult a source is to use.

If it's too difficult to read or use, don't use it!

The level of truth or correctness in a source is...

• Currency

• Accuracy

• Relevance

• Ease of Use

Answer explanation

Not everything on the internet is accurate!

Accuracy = correct/factual/true

Copying someone else's work and taking credit for it is...

• Research

• Note-Taking

• CARE

• Plagiarism

Answer explanation

ALWAYS give credit to your sources using a Works Cited page!

A website that searches the internet using your keywords is a...

• Search Engine

• Works Cited

• Homepage

• Streaming Service

Answer explanation

Search engines are a great way to find information, but they only bring you to the information. Search engines are not sources of information.

You still need to give credit to the website that you found with the search engine's help!

Match the following

• Database

• World Book, Explora, ResearchIT CT

• Search Engine

• Google

• Citation Generator

• Scribbr, EasyBib, Citation Machine

An organized, reliable collection of information that usually requires a membership to use is a ________.

• Information Album

• Search Engine

• Database

• Works Cited Page

Answer explanation

Databases are usually paid services.

Schools pay so that the database company does the hard work of running a CARE check on every article.

You can trust that the information on a database is accurate.

A measure of whether a source is up-to-date or not is...

• Currency

• Accuracy

• Relevance

• Ease of Use

Answer explanation

We want to make sure we are always using the most up-to date information since people learn new things all the time!

Would you want to use information from 15 years ago if you were doing research on the effects of global warming today? No way!

When you put information into your own words you...

• Quote

• Paraphrase

• Plagiarize

• Keyword

Answer explanation

Paraphrase = put in your own words

You aren't a 52 year old college professor, so why would you want to sound like one in your project?

When you search online, should you type in the complete sentence or just key words?

• Full question!

• Keywords!

Answer explanation

Use keywords when searching for information online!

Too many words = too many results (and not super specific for your topic anymore)

Searching: "Should we have therapy dogs in schools?" is going to pull up sites that have all of those words in them. Too much information!