{"id":765,"date":"2017-04-03T21:28:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T21:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-researchsuccess\/?post_type=chapter&p=765"},"modified":"2017-04-13T17:24:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T17:24:12","slug":"recognition-from-others","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-researchsuccess\/chapter\/recognition-from-others\/","title":{"raw":"Recognition from Others","rendered":"Recognition from Others"},"content":{"raw":"Checking to see whether others have linked to a website or tagged or cited it lets you know who else on the web recognizes the value of the site\u2019s content. Reader comments and ratings can also be informative about some sites you may be evaluating, such as blogs.\r\n\r\nIf your source is a book, the blurbs on the front or back cover give you information from authors, experts, or other well-known people who were willing to praise the book and\/or author. The same kind of \u201cmini-reviews\u201d may be available on the publisher\u2019s website. You can also look for reviews of the book or other source by using Google and Google Scholar.\r\n\r\nThose links, tags, bookmarks, citations, and positive reader comments and ratings are evidence that other authors consider the site exemplary. Book reviews, of course, may be either positive or negative.\r\n
\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_932\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"500\"]\"a Ratings and positive comments and review are evidence that others find a source valuable.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nExactly which individuals and organizations are doing the linking, tagging, citing, rating and commenting may also be important to you. There may be some company you\u2019d rather your site not keep! Or, maybe the sites that link to the one you\u2019re evaluating may help solidify your positive feelings about the site.\r\n\r\nDon\u2019t let an absence of links, tags, citations, ratings, and comments damn the site in your evaluation. Perhaps it\u2019s just not well-known to other authors. The lack of them should just mean this factor can\u2019t add any positive or negative weight to your eventual decision to use the site\u2014it\u2019s a neutral.\r\n
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Tip:<\/strong> Peer Review as Recognition<\/h3>\r\nThe peer review most articles undergo before publication in a scholarly journal lets you know they\u2019re considered by other scholars to be worth publishing. You might also be interested to see to what extent other researchers have used an article after it was published. (That use is what necessitates their citation.) But keep in mind that there may not be any citations for very new popular magazines, blogs, or scholarly journal articles.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Activity:<\/strong> Influence You<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
\r\n\r\nWould the blurb on the front cover of Redirect<\/i> by psychologist Timothy Wilson influence you positively or negatively in your evaluation of the book?\r\n
\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_415\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"303\"]\"The The blurb says: \u201cThere are few academics who write with as much grace and wisdom as Timothy Wilson. Redirect is a masterpiece. \u2013 Malcolm Gladwell\u201d[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Clues about Recognition<\/h1>\r\nFind sites that link to a particular URL.<\/b> For Google and Yahoo!, enter link:[URL of known site] in the search box\r\n\r\nFor example: link:www.deathpenaltyinfo.org<\/a>\r\n
\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_412\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2320\"]\"A Use Yahoo! or Google to see which sites link to a particular URL. View the live example.<\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nFind citations of an article.<\/b> Although there is no simple way to find every source that cites an article in a popular magazine, a blog, or a scholarly journal, there are some ways to look for these connections.\r\n\r\nFor articles published in popular magazines or blogs,<\/strong> enter the title of the article in quotes in the search box of a search engine like Google. The resulting list should show you the original article you\u2019re evaluating, plus other sites that have mentioned it in some way. Click on those that you want to know more about.\r\n
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Example:<\/strong> Finding Mentions<\/h3>\r\nHere\u2019s an example using Google to find mentions for a blog article called Help Wanted: 11 million college grads<\/a> by Bill Gates.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Activity:<\/strong> Inferences<\/h3>\r\nUse Google Search to determine how many sites have made links to these sites. Click each link below to launch your web browser. Notice what is filled in the search bar to find linked sites.\r\n