Internet Research

What is research?

• A game that requires 4 players

• A careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge about something

• Choosing between three flavors of ice cream

• Solving a math problem

Which of the following types of resources should you not use for research?

• Nonfiction Books

• Internet

• Magazines

• Fiction Books

Looking at the address of a website can give a lot of insight to if it is reliable or not. (True or False)

• True

• False

What is a Search engine?

• Words placed into an engine to work hard.
• type of program that uses keywords to search for documents that relate to these keywords
• Words that are searched for accuracy
• I don't know

A reliable source is...

• Biased
• Trusted
• Trying to sell you something
• Google

An example of a reliable source is...

• A print or an online encyclopedia.
• wikipedia.com.
• google.com.
• yahoo.com.

You can tell that a website is associated with a college or university if the URL ends with...

• .com
• .gov
• .edu
• .org

A web URL that ends with ".gov" means that the website is associated with what?

• a company
• a school
• a government agency
• a charitable organization

If you were doing research on the best dog breed for you and your family, which of the following websites would you think is the most credible?

• lovemypoochie.net

• dogbreedinfo.org

• pupsforlife.com

• buymeadog.biz

Which THREE key words should a student use for an Internet search about the mistreatment of animals in circuses, zoos, and movies?

• shelter

• wildlife

• cruelty

• entertainment

• animal