Evaluating Sources
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This is a pretty dry PPT about evaluating sources but informational. It also has a group activity at the end of presentation.
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- 3. Publication Information Author: Is the author knowledgeable about the topic? What is the author’s affiliation? How do the author’s biases affect the information, ideas, and arguments in the source? Publisher: Is the publisher reputable? How do the publisher’s biases affect the information, ideas, and arguments?
- 4. Publication Information Sponsor: Who supported the publication? Date: When was the source published? Is it appropriate for the topic? Genre: What is the document type (e.g., research report, newspaper, magazine article, journal article, blog, website) Is the document type appropriate?
- 5. Examples Toward an integrative software infrastructure for water management in the Smarter Planet http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5512828
- 7. Relevance Determine if the information addresses your needs and will help you accomplish your purpose.
- 8. Evidence Is enough evidence for a position offered? Is the right kind of evidence being offered? Is the evidence presented appropriately and fairly? Is there enough evidence? Is the source of the evidence provided?
- 9. Comprehensiveness Is there a complete and balanced view? Is it broad/narrow enough for your topic?
- 10. Additional criteria for online sources Web sites and blogs Check the domain (purpose and publisher) Check the title bar, page header and page titles (purpose, publisher, and relevance) Search for the author and publisher Check the timeliness Read the body and review illustrations (relevance, evidence and comprehensiveness) Check page footers (publisher, author)
- 11. Is organic farming better for the environment? Google Is organic farming better for the environment? Google Does organic framing hurt the environment?
- 12. Evaluating Sources: Analyzing Content Enter Group Name Here
- 13. Group members:_____________________________ Controversial Issue:_________________________________ Source #1 URL:__________________________________ Summarize the main position of this source:
- 14. Type of resource (e.g., company or organization website, newspaper, journal, book)?__________________________________ Author:__________________________________ Publisher:________________________________ Date Published:_______________________________ Sponsor of the information:______________________________
- 15. Does source present facts or opinions?_________ How do you know?________________________ Are there citations or references to other sources?_________________________________ Is there bias or is the source balanced?________ How do you know?________________________ What is the intent of resource (to inform, to pursued, something else)?_______ How do you know?___________________________________
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