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Article: How Can I Find Reliable Information on the Internet?; Kids.gov Site Helps Cut Through the Clutter
- Article from:
- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 13, 2007
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Your report on the solar system for science class is due --
tomorrow! -- and you are just getting started. You need
information, and you need it fast.
The first place you might look is the Internet, but be careful.
On one site you visit, a man says he was abducted by aliens at age
7. It might have happened, but should you include it in your report?
How do you know if it's true?
A much better place to start looking for information is Kids.gov,
a Web site created by the U.S. government to steer kids to other
helpful sites on the Internet. Most of the sites linked to from
Kids.gov are those of government agencies.
"We want [kids] to know that as they grow up they can use
government ...