be treated with suspicion.
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这并不是说个人创办的网站都不可信，远非如此，有些个人网站是很不错的。一些德高望重的教授和学术教科书的作者拥有他们自己的网站，这些网站是很有价值的，它们提供的资料是值得相信的。但是，如果一个网站的作者没有能够把他/她的联系方式提供给浏览者，或者忘了给出证明其资历的个人资料，那么他/她就会受到怀疑。
Reading G Biodata, information on the qualifications and experience of an author, is very helpful for students checking the reliability of a site. Look at the author’s affiliations and career record. Look carefully, too, at his/her qualifications, research record and publications. Then ask yourself questions: which university does he or she currently work in and for how long? Is the university recognized and respected? Does the author have a substantial number of years of experience in the subject area? Does the author have a PhD (some excellent researchers don’t, but nevertheless possession of a doctorate is an encouraging sign when we’re checking a person’s credibility)? Has the author been involved in research projects and has he/she published articles in journals and academic books with reputable publishers? Be critical and ask questions.
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个人资料，即关于一位作者资历的信息，对学生们核查一个网站的可靠性非常有帮助。看一看作者为谁工作以及他/她的职业记录，也仔细查看一下他/她的资格证书、研究记录和出版物，然后想一想下面的问题：目前他/她就职于哪所大学？将工作多长时间？这所大学有名望吗？该作者在这一学科领域是否有足够长时间的经验？此人获得了博士学位吗(有些优秀的研究人员没有博士学位，但是拥有博士学位在我们考查一个人的可信度时仍是一个让人放心的标志)？该作者是否参与了一些研究项目？有没有在杂志上发表过文章？是否与知名的出版商出版过学术书籍？要善于批评和提出疑问。
Reading H Students may find that no email address is given on a site. If this is the case, carry out name searches via online catalogues of publications to try to find out whether the author is recognized or published in the subject area you are interested in. If an email address is provided, look at it carefully. Does it appear to be a personal rather than organizational address? If you are still in doubt, you could email the author of the pages directly and ask them about their work. But do this politely so that he or she provides evidence of possessing appropriate qualifications and experience to write with authority on the topic in question. Show
interest in the topic — this may even help you to start a very useful correspondence with the author. You can then start building up a list of contacts and start your career in what’s known as electronic networking!
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学生们有时可能会发现一个网站上没有电子邮件地址。如果是这样，通过在线出版物目录查找该作者的名字，看他是否出名或者是否在你感兴趣的学科领域发表过什么作品。如果有电子邮件地址，仔细地看一看。它看上去是不是像一个个人信箱而不是集体信箱呢？如果你仍有疑虑，你可以直接给该网页的作者发电子邮件询问有关他们工作的事宜。但是，这样做时要有礼貌，要让他证明他具备写有关这个主题的权威性文章的资格。要表现出对这一话题的兴趣，这样会有助于你和该作者的通信往来。然后你可以列出一份联系表，在建立电子网络关系中开始大显身手。 Reading I Another way you can check Web information is to examine carefully the document itself. Carry out the examination very carefully and look for the conventions academic authors follow when they write. Conventions include the use of up-to-date references to other authors and bibliographies for the convenience of interested readers. Academic writers also use footnotes or endnotes to add detail to what they have
written. The tone of their writing is likely to be objective and impersonal and the style is likely to be quite formal. Finally, respectable Web contributors will show that they know a great deal of background information on a topic and will also show familiarity with modern research methods in their fields of study.
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另一个检查网络信息的方法是仔细检查文件本身。仔细检查和寻找学术作者写作时遵循的惯例。这些惯例包括使用其他作者的最新资料，也包括为感兴趣的读者提供方便的参考文献。学术作者也使用脚注或尾注来为自己所写的内容增添细节。他们作品的语气很可能是客观的、非个人的，写作风格可能很正式。最后，值得尊敬的网络贡献者会显得对某个话题的背景知识非常了解，也会显得对他们学习领域的现代研究方法非常熟悉。
Reading J The Web has provided all of us with limitless, convenient and cheap access to vast amounts of information but the quality and reliability of the information must be checked and this means that the student needs to be his or her own quality control mechanism.
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网络为我们提供了无限、方便、廉价的途径以获取大量信息，但是信息的质量和可靠性应该得到核查。也就是说，学生们需要自己当自己的质量监控师。
Further Information
1. Should I trust everything I read on the web? http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zt9thyc
2. Health Information on the Web: Finding Reliable Information http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/healthcaremanagement/self-care/health-information-on-the-web-finding reliableinformation.printerview.all.html 3. Web fuels rise in plagiarism lawsuits
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/law/article3701149.ece