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

[Peter Tuite]

The only one I cant find a problem with is the irh.org- what am I missing?

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Elita Kalma
Sent: Mon 5/4/2009 8:56 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://www.malepregnancy.com/> 
http://rael.org <http://rael.org/> 
http://irh.org <http://irh.org/> 
http://www.gatt.org/ (claims to be WTO site)
http://globalwarming.org <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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