Assignment
As we move through this course, you will be looking at a number of we
Assignment
As we move through this course, you will be looking at a number of websites. Part of being a good scholar is knowing how to evaluate a website for reliability, authenticity, and relevance.
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American Modern Evaluate Websites.pdfDownload American Modern Evaluate Websites.pdf
You will start by looking at the University of California Library website at an article on how to review a website based upon 6 criteria. Then you will look a list of websites and choose one to evaluate from the PDF. Your evaluation will be posted in this discussion.
Citing Sources
When you use a source to complete an assignment you must indicate where the source came from and cite it in an appropriate format. This applies to quotes and even when you take a source and paraphrase or put in your own words. You can use one of the official styles such as MLA, APA, or the simplified style below.
Simplified Style Citation Examples
Book (Author, title, publisher, year published, and page numbers)
Foner, E. Give Me Liberty Volume Two, W. W. Norton, 2023, pages 356 – 358.
Website (Website name, name of article, date of the article, and URL)
Biography. Eleanor Roosevelt 4/29/2021 https://www.biography.com/history-culture/eleanor-rooseveltLinks to an external site.
Image (Name of image, article or website; date the image was accessed on the internet; and URL)
George Washington 12/28/20 https://colonialquills.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-faith-of-george-washington.htmlLinks to an external site.