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Find and Evaluate the Author

inverstigative searching

Before information is used or cited, it is important to find out who the author is and what makes the author qualified to write on the subject.


Blogs and other Web 2.0 content often do not clearly include the name of the author. When this happens, it helps to know several investigative techniques.

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