Authenticating Resources

Assignment

Choose one of the four categories to examine some sites related to the same topic to get a sense of the challenge of finding reliable sources of information on the Web.

The Mayan Calendar

The Sixties

Eggs and Cholesterol

The Oil Crisis

Warning:
The Mayan Calendar assignment may be challenging since I suspect you don't already know much about the topic.

Warning:
The Sixties assignment may be challenging since anyone over 50 can claim to be an expert.

Warning:
The Egg assignment may be challenging since there is such a wide diversity of opinion from "good" sources.

Warning:
The Oil Crisis assignment may be challenging since there are no easy answers.

This assignment is courtesy of  John R. Henderson
Ithaca College Library
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html

Where links have broken, new sites have been added.