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Chapter 7 deals with the credibility of sources of the Internet. We are all aware of the vast amount of information that is available on the Internet. Many sites such as Wikipedia allow anyone to post, correct, change, add information on any given topic. The chapter warns just because a site reads .gov, does not actually mean it is 100 percent accurate. Page 134 states, "Government websites have as much authority and credibility as the agencies that stand behind them." Also the chapter looks at sites posted as .edu. Here too, we must be careful. Any professor or student can post his/her own opinion as fact and it would still read .edu. The chapter asks us to consider who's behind the information, can we verify it, what is it asking us to do. These are all important things to keep in check and has given me some advice to keep in mind when it comes to doing research.