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Use websites when you need government reports and statistics, professional practice guidelines, company information, or non-scholarly information sources, e.g. job advertisements, when they are specified in your assignment.
Before you use a website for your research, ask yourself questions about its:
What type of domain does the website come from? |
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Does the website belong to an individual person or an organisation? |
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Are the author's credentials listed on the website? |
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Is the information current and up-to-date? Does it need to be? |
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Does the content answer part of your research question? |
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What is the stated or implied purpose of the website? |
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What sources did the author use? |
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Is there bias or a hidden agenda? |
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To find out more about evaluating books, articles and websites, you might like to work through some of the following tutorials: