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Fact or Fiction! Evaluate your sources and information.Don't forget as good researchers you must always carefully select and evaluate information. Use the 5 criteria below to assess your sources and information:
Anyone can publish information.
Authority/Authorship
Bias / Point of View
Currency
Coverage
Fact or Fiction! Evaluate your sources and information.Don't forget as good researchers you must always carefully select and evaluate information. Use the 5 criteria below to assess your sources and information:
Anyone can publish information.
- Who wrote/sponsored the information?
- Is the author/sponsor qualified? An expert?
- Does the author provide information about themselves?
Authority/Authorship
- Is the information reliable and error free?
- Is there someone who checks or verifies the information?
Bias / Point of View
- What type of audience is the author addressing?
- Is the information fact, opinion or propaganda?
- Is there multiple points of view?
- Is the language free of emotion?
- Is the information provided supported by research?
Currency
- How current is the information? Is their a publication date?
- Are the links up to date?
- What kind of information are you looking for? statistics? historic events? current events?
Coverage
- What topics are covered?
- How detailed or broad is the material?
- Is the information relevant and valuable to your research needs?