Website_Evaluation_Tutorial_Relevance

=Relevance=


 * //What is relevance?//**

Your search results in Google are the search engine’s best guess about what you are looking for based on the few words you put in the search box. If the site doesn’t help you answer one or more of your research questions, then it is not of much use to you.


 * //Determining Relevance//**

To be useful, a site or page should:
 * answer one or more of your research sub-questions
 * have new information that you didn’t find on other sites
 * have more than one fact you can use

Try It! Based on the research question below, which of the sites is most relevant? Which one gives more information about the research question?

//**Research Question:**// What part did Herbert Hoover play in causing the Great Depression? Great Depression #1 Great Depression #2