Ok. So, the question is whether or not it is a teacher's job to teach kids what sources have proper ethos/credibility.
I think it is our job to do that. We're teachers. If we're going to make them do research we should teach the proper way to do so. To teach them what is credible and not I would show them examples and make restrictions.
I would show the kids Ebscohost which has credible journals on it. I would also show them .gov and .org sites, which are always credible.
The kids need to look at a site and ask, "who wrote it?" "Does it have a bias?" "Can it be edited?" "What connection to the topic does the author have?" Ex: they have a PHD in veterinary medicine.
http://www.usa.gov/
is a good site because the GOVERNMENT made it and they are experts on the government. lol
http://www.ushistory.org/
This is a good site because it was made by an association that specializes in history.
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