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Relevance/Scope
- Does the material contain the needed information?
- Who is the audience the material is geared toward?
- Is the level of the material appropriate for what you need?
- What type of source provided this material?
Authority/Reliability
- Who is the author?
- What are his or her credentials?
- Is the information current?
- Does the information need to be current?
- Is there a list of sources cited by the author? (bibliography)
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Objectivity
- Is the material opinion or fact?
- Does the author support statements that are made with research or data?
- Is there bias or point of view?
- What was the author's purpose in writing the material?
Credible Sources Count! is an excellent tutorial written by librarians at Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
Here is where you will learn to evaluate web results. What is credible and what is not?
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