8.SI.1.2

Maddy Dunagan March 14,2012

[|http://go.galegroup.com]

1. My website ends with .com which mean its commercial and can sometimes be reliable. It does come from a reliable source though. 2. This website was last updated March 14, 2012. This matters because I need to have recent information because over the years things change. If you don't have recent information you could get bad information. 3. The reputation of my site seems to be good because it has good information and a lot of people can go and learn the truth. It also gets recent updates so the information does not go bad. 4.The author does not have anything to gain with this information they are just informing kids and people on things they look up. This website is not bias. 5. It is pretty consistent in having to do with my topic because it explains to me the information I am looking up.

In the end I was able to determine that this site was reliable based on these five levels of evaluation. I examined each criteria and believe this source is good information and is recent so I know that it is all new news and if things change I know this website well explain the changes. I like that it stays on my topic because I've looked at other websites and I couldn't find anything on my research so I am happy to find a website that can give me answers.