Exercise 1 | Black Hawk College

Searching and Evaluating Web Pages

PART I: Search Engines

Use one of the search engines from the Search Tools Chart (such as askjeeves.com or teoma.com) that you have NOT used before.
Note HOW you searched – terms you used.
Would you feel comfortable using this information in a research paper?

QUESTION: How tall is the Sears Tower?

Search terms:

Answer:

Source:

Comfort level referring site: 1—2—3—4—5

On what basis?

PART II: Subject Directories

Redo the search using a subject directory (such as lii.org or dir.yahoo.com/ )
Did you have to change your search techniques?
Would you feel comfortable using this information in a research paper? More or less comfortable than using a search engine?

PART III (Choose one Web Site):

Use your “Checklist for Evaluating Web Resources”. Would you use this Web site for a research paper? Why or why not?