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2. Credentials of the Author
Trustworthy websites generally provide sufficient information to identify the author of the material. Typical examples of credible authors would include professors at accredited institutions of higher learning, professional researchers, and individuals who are acknowledged experts in their fields. Ideally, credible websites will provide enough biographical information about authors to verify their authority independently. Unreliable websites may not list any author or they may provide nothing more than informal information without any basis for establishing the expertise of the author.
3. Referenced Information
Credible websites usually provide a formal list of references for the information presented that includes traditional scholarly sources such as articles published in peer-reviewed academic and professional journals and periodicals. Those references should provide sufficient information to allow readers to locate those sources independently. Unreliable websites may provide...
Links to other Authoritative Sources
Credible websites typically provide numerous links to other authoritative websites and websites maintained by other organizations with whom they are affiliated. Unreliable websites are often stand-alone sites that do not link to any other sites maintained by any other organizations.
5. Currency of Information
Finally, even websites that were perfectly credible and authoritative when they were first published or last updated may be left online without being updated for years. Certain fields (especially in technological sciences, medicine, and law) are always evolving which means that knowledge that was state of the art only a few years ago will be seriously our of date if it is not updated for several years. Therefore, it is always important to make sure that websites relied upon for information are current and up-to-date.
references at all or only very vague and imprecise assertions about where their information comes from without actually listing the sources.
4. Links to other Authoritative Sources
Credible websites typically provide numerous links to other authoritative websites and websites maintained by other organizations with whom they are affiliated. Unreliable websites are often stand-alone sites that do not link to any other sites maintained by any other organizations.
5. Currency of Information
Finally, even websites that were perfectly credible and authoritative when they were first published or last updated may be left online without being updated for years. Certain fields (especially in technological sciences, medicine, and law) are always evolving which means that knowledge that was state of the art only a few years ago will be seriously our of date if it is not updated for several years. Therefore, it is always important to make sure that websites relied upon for information are current and up-to-date.
Whereas adult obesity rates have always been present, they have never been so high. What is more worrisome is that youth is becoming increasingly obese. The American Heart & Stroke Association conducted a study, for instance, in which it found the following data to be true: "Among children ages 2 -- 19, about 1 in 3 are overweight and obese (BMI-for-age at or above the 85th percentile of the 2000
Faith and learning has an inherent and indelible connection to success in business. Most scholars and successful businesspeople would agree that a commitment to lifelong learning is essential to personal and professional success, though the importance of faith isn’t as well documented. This paper will explore the intricate connection that faith has to many successful businesses and entrepreneurs and how it can forge winning practices in business. Current research demonstrates the
In such an environment, linguistic knowledge can be acquired directly as tacit knowledge, without formalizing it as grammar rules or vocabulary lists. At the same time, scenario-based learning allows learners to focus on the target context of language usage (in our case -- business English communication), resulting in more student interest and involvement in the learning tasks. (Bin Baharum et al. 2007) There are of course negative aspects to consider
internet is its near-instant access to literally thousands of tutorials, lessons, and how-to guides. Ranging from the mundane to the extremely esoteric, these lessons grant the user amazing amounts of information for free. Technology tutorials are perfect for this medium, as they are usually step-by-step and provide a thorough method of learning. Windows Networking, a website devoted to learning networking offers a tutorial through the Windows operating system. It's called
Wireless Broadband Technology Overview of Wireless technology Presently it is quite evident to come across functioning of a sort of wireless technology in the form of mobile phone, a Palm pilot, a smart phone etc. With the inception of fast connectivity in the sphere of commerce it is customary and useful to operate from central locations communicating with the remote branches, conducting conferences in remote places, discussing with every body at every
RAD University's website contains many tutorials on the world of technology. Ranging from the basic to the most complicated. RAD's tutorials are a decent way to dip into the abstract nature of technology without being forced to deal with the most simplistic, basic lessons. Two tutorials in specific epitomize most of RAD's tutorials: The ARP and Protocols & Servers tutorials. Both of these tutorials are representative of these lessons