Evaluate and Use Sources

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Using Research

Evaluating and Using Your Sources

Evaluation of resources is extremely important. With most books and periodicals, a publisher has reviewed the content prior to publishing the information. On the web, anyone can be an author, editor, or publisher (even you!). Therefore, for anything you find on the web, it is your responsibility to evaluate the information before you use what you found in your assignment. One useful guide for evaluating web sources is the CRAAP Test.

Currency		The timeliness of the information.
Relevance/Coverage		The depth and importance of the information.
Authority		The source of the information.
Accuracy		The reliability of the information.
Purpose/Objectivity		The possible bias present in the information.

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The above information was taken from a modified version of the CRAAP Test created by Gettysburg College. The original CRAAP Test was created by the Meriam Library at California State University, Chico.