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 * ==Martin Luther King : a Web Site Evaluation Assignment == ||
 * ===**PART ONE**: Consider the topic of " **Martin Luther King** ." Take a brief look at all of the following **five**  sites to get a sense of which ones are reliable sources of information that address Martin Luther King. ===


 * 1) [|Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.]
 * 2) [|The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV]
 * 3) [|Myths of Martin Luther King]
 * 4) [|Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story]
 * 5) [|Why Martin Luther King Jr was a Republican]

**PART TWO**: Once you have looked at all the sites, go back and examine each one more closely. Please consider:
* **Make sure you are in the right place**: Is this site a good source for the information you need? Was the page worth visiting? **John Henderson, Ithica College Library** [|**http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/thinkmlk.html**] ||
 * **When in doubt, doubt**: Do you have good reason to believe that the information on the site is accurate? Are the facts documented?
 * **Consider the source**: Who are the authors and who is responsible for the site? What is their expertise? What is their bias?
 * **Know what's happening**: What is the site's purpose or point of view?
 * **Distinguish Web pages from pages found on the Web**: Was this page designed for the Web, or is it something else, such as a government document or a journal article?