AWR “Evaluating Sources”
- A source is reliable if it provides trustworthy information
- Evaluating sources requires you to think critically and make judgments about which sources will be useful for answering your research question
- Question print sources and internet sources
- Consider these factors: authority and credibility, audience and purpose, objectivity and reasonableness, relevance and timeliness, and context
- Continue to assess the sources reliability
- Avoid sources that appeal mostly to emotions or promote one-sided agendas instead of inquiry and discussion
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