Identifying Credible and Reliable Sources
Skim the entire document, and focus your reading on pages 16-18. When looking for references on the Internet, review the questions posed under “Identifying Credible and Reliable Sources” before using any Internet sources for this and all of your assignments requiring research. If you can answer all of the questions posed positively when looking at a particular site, then you can be pretty sure you have located a good reference; if it doesn’t measure up one way or another, it’s probably a site to avoid. The key to the whole process is to think critically about what you find on the Internet; if you want to use it, you are responsible for ensuring that it is reliable and accurate.
STEP 2: Review and bookmark the following website for Word tutorials:
Word 2013 training courses, videos and tutorials
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Word-2013-training-courses-videos-and-tutorials-14807f76-d2b5-44d6-af11-9c880c44e551?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Word 2010 training courses, videos and tutorials
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Word-2010-training-courses-videos-and-tutorials-cfa75118-e522-4ea5-963e-2b56d25fb9a5?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Word for Mac Training
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Word-for-Mac-2011-training-b88f4636-7395-4dcc-b56c-af99307df723
STEP 3: Write a 2- to 3-page paper reviewing how you researched Problem Solving using the Internet. Find two websites on Problem Solving to use in writing your paper. Using Dr. Timothy Mullen’s Trident University Writing Style Guide, determine the reliability and validity of the two websites on Problem Solving.
Mullen, Timothy. 2014. Trident University Writing Guide. Accessed on July 28, 2015 at https://mytlc.trident.edu/index.php
Your paper should discuss the following:
- How you found your websites/references on Problem Solving and how you applied the key guidelines to identifying credible Internet sources.
- Compare the two methods of Problem Solving that you found and comment on which you think is most useful to you.
- Report any issues you had conducting your research and/or formatting your document in Microsoft Word.
STEP 4: Format your paper to the Assignment Expectations below.