Don’t trust your sources!
Evaluate every source you use. Ask these questions:
Author
-Who wrote this source? What does the author do for a living?
What makes the author someone you can trust on this topic?
Date
-When was this source written? Is it current?
Is the information likely to change quickly?
Appearance
-Does the source look professional? Are all the words spelled correctly?
Accuracy
-Does this information agree with other information you’ve found?
Always check more than one source!
-Gives
you factual information about countries
-Has many statistics
-Includes the kind of facts you would find in an almanac
Economist
Country Briefings
-Has news articles and other facts about countries
-Most links go to new sources – evaluate each one!
Portals
to the World
-Has descriptions of many websites with links
-Read the descriptions first and only click on good links
-Find English websites
-If it won’t give you what you need, don’t waste your time!
-Each link is a new source – evaluate each one!
| Frommers, Fodors and Lonely Planet all publish travel guidebooks and will have information about your destinations online. | ||
Fly.com |
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| Health
Information for Travel from the
Center for Disease Control -information about destinations -information about vaccinations |
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| This searches articles and ebooks that we subscribe to from Gale. Check in the library if you need a password. |
Our
Library Resources
Online
Catalog
-Remember to evaluate every book you use, too!
Check the reference shelves for the World Book Encyclopedia and Encyclopedia
Britannica.
Check the library catalog, the encyclopedias and use the PowerSearch button, above, for articles.
Twayne's
Authors Series
-Use this database ONLY if the person you are researching is a writer
Reference Books in the Library
Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
-Look for it on the Reference Shelves
You need to give credit to the authors for ALL of the information you
find.
Use the Citation Help Pages!
For Mrs. Torres' 7th and 8th grade Spanish classes.
Created by Mary Zdrojewski, University at Buffalo Library Intern.
Updated
May 23, 2010 by Mrs. Lundquist
Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on DiscoverySchool.com