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This youtube video, Web Search strategies in Plain English, gives you some tips for finding the right informtion for your assignment.

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There is a lot of information on the web that is misleading or wrong. Unless you have done your research using books and enclopedias first you will not be able to judge the quality and accuracy of the information that you will find in the web. Follow the link to Kathy Schrock's Five W's. Use these to critically evaluate the websites that you visit.

The presentation below is an excellent explanation of how to evaluate websites using the Five W's.

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