{"id":1108,"date":"2018-03-05T23:51:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/?page_id=1108"},"modified":"2018-03-05T23:51:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:51:13","slug":"look-for-previous-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/unit-4\/web-literacy-for-fact-checking\/look-for-previous-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Look for previous work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Old-books.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Old-books.jpg\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/2\/2f\/Old-books.jpg\/320px-Old-books.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"184\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The second strategy for checking a fact, quotation or article is to look for previous work. In this section we explore tactics to find out if the fact checking work has been done by someone else.<br style=\"clear:both;\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"web resources\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_inter.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Reliability of Wikipedia<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopaedia is edited by community volunteers, anyone is free to contribute. Many universities and academics distrust Wikipedia, yet it is one of the most popular reference sites in the world. So should we trust Wikipedia? Read the following articles:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Taraborelli, D. (2012, August 2). <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.wikimedia.org\/2012\/08\/02\/seven-years-after-nature-pilot-study-compares-wikipedia-favorably-to-other-encyclopedias-in-three-languages\/\">Seven years after Nature, pilot study compares Wikipedia favorably to other encyclopedias in three languages<\/a> \u2013 Wikimedia Blog. Retrieved July 13, 2017.\n<\/li>\n<li> Coomer, A. (2013, May 13). <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2013\/may\/13\/should-university-students-use-wikipedia\">Should university students use Wikipedia?<\/a> The Guardian.\n<\/li>\n<li> Adhikari, R. (2017, April 13). <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecommercetimes.com\/story\/84457.html\">Burger King Ad Creates Whopper of a Mess for Google Home<\/a>. Commerce Times.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts by posting a comment on WENotes, for example:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <i>I trust \/ don&#8217;t trust Wikipedia because &#8230;<\/i>\n<\/li>\n<li> <i>I think universities should \/ shouldn&#8217;t allow students to cite Wikipedia because &#8230;<\/i>\n<\/li>\n<li> <i>Other?<\/i>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><p>You must be logged in to post to WEnotes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><i>Note: Your comment will be displayed in the <a href=\"\/lida100\/course-feeds\/lida104-feed\" title=\"Learning in a digital age\/LiDA104\/Feed\">course feed<\/a>.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Look for previous work<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Read part 2, <i>Look for previous work<\/i>, of Caulfield, M. A. (2017). <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/webliteracy.pressbooks.com\/\">Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers<\/a>. Part 2 focuses on:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Constructing a <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/webliteracy.pressbooks.com\/chapter\/how-to-use-previous-work\/\">site restricted search<\/a>;\n<\/li>\n<li> Reputable <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/webliteracy.pressbooks.com\/chapter\/fact-checking-sites\/\">Fact-checking sites<\/a>;\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/webliteracy.pressbooks.com\/chapter\/wikipedia\/\">Using Wikipedia<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.071 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.078 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 236\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 904\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 7041\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 3842\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:182161-0!*!0!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20180305235110 and revision id 1033095\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/lida100\/unit-4\/web-literacy-for-fact-checking\/four-moves\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/lida100\/unit-4\/web-literacy-for-fact-checking\/go-upstream\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second strategy for checking a fact, quotation or article is to look for previous work. 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