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Discussion Questions

 * 1) How often do you use the internet to find information? What kind of information do you find online? Can you give a few examples?
 * 2) When you get information online, do you often look at the source? How do you know if the information is reliable or not?

How to evaluate web sources?
1) Go to this website: http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html

2) Click "Criteria" and read about them 1) authority 2) accuracy 3) objectivity 4) currency 5) coverage

3) After learning about the criteria, go through the examples. Decide whether the website is reliable or not. Then explain your decision.

Fact-finding Activity
Please find answers to the following questions. Try not to use Wikipedia. But if you use Wikipedia to find the answers, please also confirm the answer on another more reliable website.
 * 1) What's the population of Toronto
 * 2) What’s the average temperature in the summer in Vietnam?
 * 3) List 5 major earthquakes in the past decade. What were the human causalities?
 * 4) Does living with someone who has HIV increase your chances of getting HIV?
 * 5) What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?