6-Evaluating Sources

After reading the sections of this chapter, you should be able to answer the following questions:

• When evaluating a potential source for your research project, what two factors are most important? Which is more important?
• How should you evaluate a source for relevancy and currency?
• What are the clues for inferring a source’s credibility?
• What features on a website should you look for and read to determine its credibility?
• Where could you look to find more information about an author’s or publisher’s background?
• When evaluating the potential bias of a website, what factors should you consider?
• Why should you consider recognition from others and peer review as clues for credibility?
• When should you stop finding and evaluating sources?