Online Information

Question 1

What are the two types of info. sources?

Answer 1

Primary sources

Secondary sources

Question 2

Difference between search engines and address bar?

Answer 2

Address bar: know the URL

Search engine: don’t know URL, related keywords

Question 3

Search engines are used by _______ and ________

Answer 3

Browsers

Smart personal assistants

Question 4

Features of search engines:

Answer 4

• Can provide specific types of information (size, colour, layout, usage rights)
• Search engines can filter information (time, date, region, language)
• Give results using autofill
• Narrows suggested results as the user enters keywords
• Suggested sites (based on popular searches and browsing history)

Question 5

What syntax rules are used in search engines?

Answer 5

ADD (+)

NOT (-)

Phrase Matching (“ “)

Question 6

How to avoid plagiarism?

Answer 6

By rewriting or paraphrasing the information

State the source, the URL, author’s name, and date of finding this information

Question 7

Methods and reasons for checking information:

Answer 7

1) Information’s ACCURACY by checking whether it’s from a trustworthy source, comparing it against other trustworthy sources, seeing if it uses evidence to support its claims otherwise it’s false/ incomplete
2) Information’s AGE by checking the publication date otherwise it may be too old and no longer true or too recent if you are looking for more recent information
3) Information’s RELEVANCE
4) Information’s RELIABILITY by comparing it with other unrelated sources to see if it matches
5) Information’s BIAS by seeing if it provides a range of viewpoints, questioning the source of statistics otherwise it may be prejudiced/ focused on one side of the issue without considering the others