
primary sources
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Who Is Responsible for the Web Site? Check for an Author
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Evaluating Primary Source Web Sites: More Info
- Who is responsible for the website? Check for an Author
- Credentials
If no background information about the author is given try using
Google to search the author's name. You can also check with your
library to see if the author has written other books or articles on
this topic. If there is no author, attempt to find out information
about organization by googling the organization name and checking with
your library. Libraries often have directories to various organizations
and associations.
- "About" link
To find an "about" link or information about the
author/organization you may need to find the homepage for the entire
site. This may require backtracking a url -- deleting the end of the
URL section by section until you find a main page for the site.
Examples: