Evaluating Sources: Wrap-up

You now know to consider authority, perspective, bias, accuracy, currency, comparability, and context when deciding what items to use in your research.

You should now be able to:

determine whether a given resource is credible enough to use
choose between a variety of sources you may have identified
understand the value of sources the library provides versus those freely available on the web
evaluate various factors that ensure accuracy and appropriateness

You can continue to Getting What You Need.

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