solved Web Search Activity In this workshop, we’re going to look

Web Search Activity In this workshop, we’re going to look at the latter type of web sources–sources that force us to wrestle a bit with the complexities of web source evaluation. So don’t use academic-article databases for this Workshop, and don’t use news sources that are well-known and that have been around since before the internet–for example: USA Today, The New York Times, the Guardian, the Philadelphia Enquirer, CNN, Time, etc. (If you’re one of the younger members of the group and maybe not yet familiar with what is and isn’t a major, longstanding news source, a quick Wikipedia search should help. For example, if you look up The Philadelphia Inquirer on Wikipedia, you’ll see that it was founded in 1829.)To get started, do some web searching using terms from your research question and any synonyms that proved helpful to you in the News Searching Activity. Copy down the URLs of a few web pages that contain information on your topic. Then choose one page to focus on for this Workshop. It’s okay if you have reservations about the reliability of this source. The point of this activity is primarily to ask questions about sources.Your post should address all four of the following:What is the home page of the main site on which this page appears (provide the URL), and what can you learn about the main site?What are the author’s qualifications for writing on this topic? (If no author/s, write “no author listed” and skip to the next question.)Should this source be considered “reliable,” “expert,” or both? Explain.How would this source be cited in APA. Include a full citation. (Scroll down for web citation examples. If you’re an English major, go ahead and use MLA format instead.)Here are some strategies you can use to answer questions 1 through 3:If there is no link to the home page on the page you are viewing, try drilling back in the URL to the site’s domain abbreviation (com, edu, mil, org, gov, etc.). Look for an author biography on the page, or via a link.Look for links with names like “About” and “FAQ” that are likely to lead you to additional information about the site.Do a web search for the author.Do a web search for the site by its name, or by the name of its sponsoring organization.(To filter out the site itself in the latter search, use -siteexample: “yahoo voices” -site:voices.yahoo.com)Search LexisNexis or ProQuest Newsstand to see if/how journalists have described the organization or author in news stories.Web Source EvaluationActivity: News SearchGoals of the Activity:Explore news-search environmentsPractice advanced news searching strategiesReview the distinction between “news” and “opinion” in news sourcesPractice citing news sourcesIn order to successfully complete this Activity, you will need to first read the document, “News Search Reading: Using News Sources in your Research.” “News Search Reading: Using News Sources in your Research.” – Alternative Formats This document refers to additional information you will need that is linked both within the document and here: “News versus Opinion Examples.” “News versus Opinion Examples.” – Alternative FormatsYou will be submitting your work by sharing it with classmates in this discussion forum.Activity instructions:1. Copy your research question onto a blank document and highlight, boldface, or underline its key terms or concepts. For example: Will open educational resources replace commercial textbooks?2. Brainstorm a little to come up with related alternate search terms for each of the question’s core components or concepts. Create a list of these terms. For example: Will open educational resources replace commercial textbooks?Open educational resourcescommercialtextbooksOERfor-profittextbook publishing”open textbooks”retaileducational publishing”open education materialsroyalty-based You will come up with new terms once you begin searching (be sure to add them to your list!), so it’s okay to begin with just a few.3. Search for relevant newspaper sources through Nexis Uni or Google New, or both. Each database contains sources other than newspaper sources. Please review the instructional materials in the Week One reading to ensure that the sources you retrieve for this activity are newspaper sources, specifically.4. Identify two (2) newspaper sources that seem potentially relevant to your project, and write complete and correct citations for them. Information about how to cite newspaper sources is included in the Week One reading.5. Identify each of your two sources as “NEWS” or “OPINION.” (If you’d like, you can be more specific: for example, “news analysis,” “feature,” “editorial,” etc. are some other options. See the “News Search Reading: “Using News Sources in your Research” document linked above.) Identifying sources by type will involved actually reading, or at least skimming, the articles. If you are unsure how to categorize one of your sources, ask for help from your instructor, classmates, or a National University librarian.Note: Variety is not a requirement of the Activity, so if both of your sources are news stories, as in the example that follows, write “NEWS” before each of your two citations. (Most of the newspaper sources you encounter will be news sources since editorials, opinion columns, reviews, etc., represent only a small percentage of newspaper content.)EXAMPLE: Here is an example of a completed News Search Activity:Will open educational resources replace commercial textbooks?Open educational resourcescommercialtextbooksOERfor-profittextbook publishing“open textbooks”retaileducational publishing“open education materials”royalty-based NEWSGuttenplan, D. D. (2012, March 19). Open resources: Transforming the way knowledge is spread. The International Herald Tribune.NEWSFree online content forces publishers to adjust. (2013, July 10). Education Week.Assignment 3: Project Introduction