Evaluating
Resources
Use your skills of evaluation to
determine whether or not the resources (books, magazines, web sites, newspaper
articles, etc.) you've selected for your project are worthwhile. The merits
of your paper are based on the strength of your research and the quality of
the sources you've chosen.
Ask yourself questions such as:
- Who is the author of this material?
- What is the author’s expertise
on the subject?
- Is the author’s education or position
provided?
- Is contact information for the
author available?
- Who owns the web site?
- Is it affiliated with an organization
or institution or does an individual own the site?
- What is the purpose of this material/web
site?
- Is it to entertain, persuade,
educate or sell?
- How recent is the information?
- When was the web site last updated?
- Is the information well written
and grammatically correct?
- Does the site contain links to
other sites that reflect a bias?
- Is the information meaningful
and useful for your research?
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