[Publib] Looking for examples of 'web wolves' in sheep's clothing

[Nann Blaine Hilyard]

Elita,
The IRH site looks very real to me.  How does one know it's not? 

Nann
@the library in Zion, Illinois 

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Elita Kalma
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 7:56 AM
To: Mark Wilson; publib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Publib] Looking for examples of 'web wolves' in sheep's clothing

Mark,
I used to do a similar presentation often when I worked as an academic librarian. Here are a few of my favorites. Not all are .orgs, but they do illustrate the point that you have to be careful when looking at web sites in order to determine authority.

http://www.malepregnancy.com 
http://rael.org 
http://irh.org 
http://www.gatt.org/ (claims to be WTO site)
http://globalwarming.org 

There was also a really good site put together by the beef people about why kids should eat lots of beef, complete with recipes and activities. I can't remember the URL, but you had to really dig to uncover who had put the site together.




Elita Kalma
ElitaK at oaklandparkfl.org
Librarian, Oakland Park Library
954-630-4374
www.oaklandparkfl.org/library


>>> "Mark Wilson" <mwilson at cumberland.lib.nc.us> 5/1/2009 11:25 am >>>
I'm hoping someone out there can help.  I teach a class in web searching for paraprof's & new entry level librarians, and one of the (to me) tired old examples I've used to illustrate the point that .org web sites don't automatically mean a safe authoritative source is the infamous martinlutherking.org site, which as everyone knows has connections to stormfront.org.  

Any fresh ideas for other examples of 'web wolves' in sheep's clothing?
 
Mark M. Wilson
Reference & Information Services Manager
North Regional Library
CCPL&IC
Fayetteville, NC 28311-1961
mwilson at cumberland.lib.nc.us 
(910) 822-1998 x230



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