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| Verifying WWW Information ---Author Case Study:Pesticides ---Accuracy Case Study:AIDS ---Objectivity Case Study:"andro" ---Currency ---Case Study:Population Exercise ---Bill Clinton ---Cell Phones ---Maps ---Smoking Checklist ---summary printout
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One of the advantages of
online information is that authors can keep it updated with little
effort. As consumers of information it is sometimes important to
consider how current the information is.
If we are working on an online Bible, the date of the last update is not too important. If we are reading population data for the state of Illinois, this date is important. Two important questions to consider are:
To see examples and learn more follow the above links. Case Study:Facts about World PopulationWhen was the page last updated?1. Many of the programs that help authors write web pages places a "time stamp" every time an author opens a page and changes it. Often dates are printed in small font at the bottom of a page. To find when this page was last updated, click here. 2. If the date is not given it is possible to use your Netscape Browser to find the date On the Netscape Menu Bar Go to View
> Page Info 3. Another strategy that can be used to find recent WWW publications is to us a search engine which allows you to limit "hits" to a certain range of dates For example, lets check the topic "maps of africa" and look at 2 ranges of dates 1995-1996 and 1999-2000 Copy and past the phrase "map of Africa" into the AltaVista Advanced Search Engine
What is the date of the source of information found in text, graphs, maps and charts?A web page may have been updated yesterday with information that was gathered many years ago. The same is true in books. Books often contain citations that tell the source(age) of the information. On the WWW it is up to the author to state when information was obtained. A careful reader will find it. Compare these two sites and find the references to years from which information is gathered Example # 1 Example # 2 Answer
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