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Part of a Web site |
What might you find there and what might it
tell you about the site |
Title
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key words, content, relevance |
Body of the text
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key words, author, errors in spelling and grammar, bias, emotive language, audience, reliability |
Graphics
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links, advertising, content, relevance,
bias |
URL
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individual, group or organisation
responsible for the site, purpose of the site, reliability, bias |
Bottom of the screen
may have to scroll down to see this |
copyright info, date updated, links,
currency |
Homepage
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individual, group or organisation
responsible for the site, purpose of the site, content, coverage, audience,
reliability, bias |
About this site- this information may
be in (Frequently Asked Questions) FAQs section
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individual, group or organisation
responsible for the site, purpose of the site, coverage, audience,
reliability, bias |
Advertising
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purpose of site, sponsorship, bias, |
Links - both within the text and in
separate menus
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active links, content, |
Whole site - often need to click
and move to different parts of the site to find information
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all of the above |
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Adapted from Birks & Hunt
(2003) 'Hands-On Information Literacy Activities' and reproduced here with
permission from the authors |
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