Hello everybody! This new e-tivity seems a little bit strange to me... Maybe because we don't have to do anything new but just write a simple post! Anyway, while I was looking at the links Sarah posted, the "terrible" period of the tesina came to my mind... Do you remember when we had to find material for our research? I had looked at so many websites and the majority of them were totally unuseful! It's also true that now I am more confident about the quality of the selected websites!
When I need to find something on the Internet I simply type the words on Google and look for the results. I usually explore the first or the second result because they should be those which better match with my research. If they are not what I'm looking for, I try to be more selective!
Anyway, when I have to write an official document using the Internet, I always check who the author is, when the document was published and if the website is trustworthy. And I also try to find a book about the same subject... you know, written paper is more reliable :p!
Anna
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Hi Anna, I do remember the material I had to find!!! What a mess! I found sites which were inaccurate and vague it seemed they made fun of me but while I read the sites Sarah suggested I know why it happened. When I need to find stuff on the net I always use Google and sometimes You tube if I want videos. Have u ever used Wikipedia?. Catch u on Monday
Hi! I too use Anna's criteria when surfing the net. More or less. Google and Wikipedia are really useful. I noticed that teachers use them too; so I believe that there must be something good on them. We just have to be careful.
Bye,
Nikkkkko
Hi Anna!
I remember the terrible days searching for something useful for my thesis on the Web and in the library as well! I always had to be very critical evaluating all the sources I found. I think that the best criteria to follow are to find some information about the author and check if the contents are well structured and if there is a good bibliography. Google and Wikipedia are good websites, but reading the webpages suggested by Sarah, I noticed that there are specialized source engines like 'Google scholar', which are said to be very precise.
See you on Monday!!
Bye
Elisa
Oh! What you make me remember!!
Probably for the next thesis we'll be more precise in doing our searches!
I generally use Google, and if it doesn't help me I try to do an advanced search. Ah, lately I use delicious too, I think that sometimes it is better than Google, don't you think?
Bye! Sara
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