Electronic Citations MLA/Source Reliability

When checking the currency of a site we are most concerned with ___________

• Authors contact information

• The person sponsoring the site

• How recently the site was updated

• Whether it comes from a school or government organization

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CCSS.W.7.8

Listed citations let me know that the author is most likely _________.

• An MLA specialist

• Scholarly and Peer Reviewed

• Writing for a purpose

• A member of the Peer Board

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CCSS.RI.7.6

If a website seeks to inform you and present multiple viewpoints it is most likely _________.

• Credible

• Useless

• Unbiased

• Biased

Reliable sources are usually found on all of the following domains except __________.

• .com

• .gov

• .edu

• .org

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CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.8

C.R.A.P stands for

• Cautious, Readability, Author, and Purpose

• Currency, Reliability, Attitude, and Purpose

• Currency, Reliability, Audience, and Popularity

• Currency, Reliability, Authority, and Purpose

An answerable search into a specific concern or issue.

• Web Search

• Research Test

• Research Question

• Obvious question

When writing a research question your topic should be all of the following except:

• Not too narrow and not too broad

• Needs to be specific

• Be insignificant to you and others

• Avoid unanswerable questions

When using MLA citation for electronic content, article names should be in "quotation marks"

• True

• False

When using MLA citation for electronic content, Title of the website, project, or book in underlined.

• True

• False

When citing in MLA format, every web page will provide all of the information needed to create a full citation.

• True

• False