Searching for Sources

Which of the following are primary sources?

• original text or document

• interview

• speech

• encyclopedia

What is a secondary source?

• An original text or document

• A first person account

• A first hand source

• Someone's comments or analysis

When selecting a reliable source, what questions should you ask yourself?

• Is the source biased?

• All sources are reliable sources.

• Does this source help answer the questions I need to answer?

• Is the writer of this source an expert?

What types of sources can you use?

• interviews with an expert

• books

• websites

• newspaper or magazine articles

When evaluating an Internet source, what questions should you ask?

• Who wrote the web page?

• How up-to-date is the information?

• I don't need to ask any questions

• How accurate is the information?

• Is the information biased?

Select all of the TRUE statements.

• Wikipedia is a resource.

• Wikipedia is NOT a source.

• Wikipedia is a reliable source.

• Anyone can edit Wikipedia.

Select all of the correct domain names.

• .gov = government website

• .edu = educational institution

• .org = organization

• .com = company