Find and Evaluate the Author

 

 

 

Techniques to locate the author

Here are a few examples where the author is not clearly named:

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Use these techniques to locate author's names and information about their 'expertise:'

1. If looking on the page doesn't reveal an author's name, look on the Web site.

2. Try truncating the url to see if there are clues about authorship or links to an author on other pages--remove the end of the address back to a significant break ( / ) or the root of the site.

3. If the site provides links to 'about us' or 'contact us,' check there for author information.

4. If the site provides a search engine, enter the name of the article and see if information about the author is retrieved. This may require careful browsing and reading.

5. Search a different site. Enter information about the article in search engines like Google and see if any information about the author is retrieved. This may require careful browsing and reading.

Interactive MicroModule Tutorial: Author

Joyce Valenza's Guide to Blog Evaluation

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