The Answer
What was that question again?			Just by reading the text on the screen, you can see that the site contains the following passage: March 29th 1852. Started from the town of Lima Rock Co. Wis. on our long journey to seek a home on the Pacific coast, in the territory of Oregon. Passed through Janesville to the town of Plymouth where we struck our camp for the first time, & found that we had truly left all comfort behind at least as far as the weather is concerned. This sounds like the experiences of a pioneer going out West on the Oregon trail. However, you still don't know who this person is. Is it a man? A woman? If you looked at the site itself, you would see that the name of the pioneer is Lavinia Coon. But was she a sane person? A criminal? What were her status and background? Without this information, you wouldn't know how to assess her experience, or to decide if it added to your understanding of the events of the time.
Example of a parody			Here's an even bigger problem. The account of Lavinia's travels could be fiction, taken from a novel or a fantasy game of some sort. Unless you check, you'll never know who put the information on the Web, and whether it is what it seems to be. If you just assume that it is what it looks like, you could look pretty foolish later on. There are plenty of parodies and hoaxes on the Web.
Source Check			For these reasons, you need to know where the information comes from. So look at some other material provided by the developers of the Lavinia Coon page. You'll want to check: the larger site of the Web page the developers' sources for the account of Coon's journey other recommended links on the site
			To determine whether the Web page is part of a larger site, check the URL. The URL for this site was: xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/domwest/coon.html
Hands-on
			How would you look for the larger site of this Web page? Check your answer
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