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= Ping Pong Ball Launcher =

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Always remember to use the following criteria when evaluating websites: **1. Authority** - Who is responsible for the website? Are they credible and do they have the expertise to discuss this topic? Domain Names .com commercial site .edu educational site .gov government site .mil military site .org association or professional organization .net network service provider **2. Relevancy** - Does this web site provide information to answer my research questions?

**3. Currency** - What is the copyright date of the information? Is this pertinent to my topic?

**4. Accuracy** - Does the information appear to be accurate based on everything else I know about the topic? Can I check the facts?

** 5. Bias ** – VERY IMPORTANT - Are the authors or the the sponsoring institution trying to sway me to take a side? Do they have a hidden agenda?

Search using www.google.com
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**Bibliographic Support:**
[|NoodleBib] o Help documents are available on the [|HHS Library Page.]

Website Citation Example-

“Bomb’s Away! A Ping Pong Catapult.” __Science Buddies__. Ed. Andrew Olson. 20 Apr. 2006.

26 Mar. 2009 .

=Citing Pictures:=

Use databases for images if possible.
If you are not able to locate a picture from a database use [|Google Image Search] to locate a website with a picture that you can use.



1. Use [|Google Images] to help you search for a website that has a picture that you can use.

2. When you have located a picture be sure to **cite your source** and **place link to website underneath the picture** - http://www.teachergeek.org/forum/images/launcher.gif
 * See example below**

Example of picture citation

The Xpult Catapult. Photograph. Science Buddies. 20 Apr. 2006. Kenneth Lafferty Hess Family

--Charitable Foundation. 26 Mar. 2009 .

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SciRC?ste=120&locID=land18748

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