Searchology

We’d appreciate a little help with a survey about choosing your sources when you are doing research!

How do you know what websites or authors or books to “trust?”

What are some clues you use to tell that the information is trustworthy?

If you are on Wikipedia, how can you tell when to “trust” an article or not? 

What are your favorite “go to” sources online?

 Share your insights below.  You may be included in an online video about choosing good sources, giving the “student” view!

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I was lucky enough to win free wristbands to SXSW music this week!(very lucky!)   We heard several bands  last night, and I was thinking how cool it was because it is so global.

We saw bands from Liverpool, and a Texan living in Liverpool, L.A., and South Africa.  And now, with all the great internet tools, we can easily listen to their music, watch videos of performances, hear podcasts of interviews, visit their websites, etc.   I was also reading how SXSW is using software called Twitter which allows people to have instantaneous updates of what their friends are doing, which at SXSW, lets people meet up with their friends easily.  (If you want to read more about it, check out my post on my technology blog).

Do you ever feel overwhelmed with too much information or do you like having all this easily available?  Or both?? (put me in the last category–I like it but sometimes it’s too much!)