HW 4

1. Whois.com Search
Registrant:
A&E Television Networks, LLC
Domain Admin
235 E 45th St
New York, NY 10017-3305
US
Email: @internationaladmin.com
Registrar Name….: CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC.
Registrar Whois…: whois.corporatedomains.com
Registrar Homepage: www.cscprotectsbrands.com
Domain Name: historychannel.com
Created on…………..: Thu, Oct 05, 1995
Expires on…………..: Fri, Oct 04, 2013
Record last updated on..: Mon, May 28, 2012
Administrative Contact:
A&E Television Networks, LLC
Domain Admin
235 E 45th St
New York, NY 10017-3305
US
Phone: +1.2124247000
Email: @internationaladmin.com
Technical Contact:
A&E Television Networks, LLC
Domain Tech
250 Harbor Drive
Stamford, CT 06902
US
Phone: +1.2122101400
Email: @internationaladmin.com
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http://www.whois.com/whois/historychannel.com

2. Wikipedia Sources excercise

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rankin_(abolitionist)

The sources provided for the John Rankin page on wikipedia are patially accurate and partially non-existant. Three of the pages provided out of the seven are not useful whatsoever. Two of them come up as “page not found” and one of them is a website called Findagrave.com. The only actual book referanced is a good source I have found it useful in my own personal research when necessary for a research assignment, but it is not based on research purely about the life of John Rankin. Factual information is provided, but the book is is about multiple abolitionists and not just John Rankin.

3. Jane Browning’s Research

I have in previous history classes been showed this same story, of the girl who created a completely fake history project. So it was not easy for me to critically look at her approach, but it seems as if she approached it very well due to the fact that she obviously tricked some well-versed professors into believeing that she was truly intent on discovering the origins of the last true pirate. She researched at the library first, then revisited the site, spoke with locals on the subject “came across/was given” a primary source and used that as her main source of information due to the fact that it was Edward Owen’s handwritten last will and testament.

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