Assignment:  Evaluate your Sources

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Using "Who can you trust? – a tool for evaluating your print and digital sources", choose one source, analyze it critically and fill in the right column of this sheet.  After evaluating a variable and filling in notes about it, place a check in the right hand column if the source is adequate to use.

Go to Citation Machine: get the citation for your source and fill it in here.

 

 

VARIABLES	QUESTIONS	NOTES:	
Authority	Who is the author?   What are the author's credentials?   Who is the publisher? (commercial/for profit, nonprofit institution or organization)
Objectivity	What are the author's goals? advocate inform, explain, educate persuade or dissuade sell a product or service serve as a soapbox   Is the author biased?   Is the information valid and well-researched?
Quality	Is the information well-written and organized?
Currency	When was it published?   Does your topic require current information? (science, medicine, current affairs)
Relevance	Does the work address your research question or meet the requirements of your assignment?   Is the content appropriate for your research topic or assignment?