This is where I learned that a simple website like Wikipedia comes in handy. Even though you need to take everything with a grain of salt and look for supporting articles that show the same information, it lays a foundation. On websites such as these we are tought to read with skepticism when really everything needs to be read with skepticism. These websites are perfect examples of websites where the work has been done, and everything has to be checked anyway, so you may as well start small.

This is exactly the point. No one asks this question. We need to be skeptical readers to see the whole picture. Going into a situation with your mind already made up doesn't do anyone any favors. We only hear what we want anyway.

This statement is powerful and so important to remember. This can be traced back to when we were children and our parents taught us not to say things out of emotion. You have to check yourself so that your emotion and feelings on a topic don't cloud your judgement or words. Authors are human and therefore, can feel every feeling that we do, so why should we not use our head to examine how the author could be using their emotions to jade our view of the situation unbiasedly.

I notice this as a pattern in how I research. I tend to stay to sights that I know already and therefore, I feel safety in knowing that the website is historically reliable. However, this can also be a false sense of security.

These steps perfectly outline everything that I need to remember when I am looking for accurate and helpful information.

When starting to understand how to break down the web and how I can take full advantage of the fountain of information that I have at my disposal, I need to remember the challenges that the web also brings.

Fishing through, "generic information" is probably one of the biggest problems that i had in high school when it came, especially, to scientific articles. It is difficult to decided what information is genuinely going to help you understand the material, and what is just possibly confusing background or supporting information.