Internet Detective

It is no lie that students use the Internet on a daily basis to help with their college or university work,  majority of the time completely irrelevant information is posted on the Internet daily providing incorrect and miss leading information to students.

Internet detective is a free Internet tutorial that helps students learn to discern the good, the bad and the ugly for online research.The tutorial looks at the critical thinking required when using the Internet for research and offers practical advice on evaluating the quality of web sites.

The tutorial covers 5 aspects:

• What's the Story? – Understanding the advanced Internet skills required for university and college work.
• The Good the Bad and the Ugly – To see why information quality is an issue on the web, especially for academic research. Learn how to avoid time wasting on Internet searching, scams and hoaxes.
• Detective Work – Get hints and tips that help to critically evaluate the information you find on the Internet.
• Get On the Case – Try out your Internet Detective skills with these practical exercises.
• Keep the Right Side of the Law – Be warned about plagiarism, copyright and citation.

University staff strongly disagree with the use of Wikipedia sites as information can be edited by anonymous people and most information is worthless and at best very poor quality. The aim of this tutorial is to provide a guide to aid students in their discovery to find meaningful and appropriate information that can be used in essays, assignments and dissertations.