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Strategies for Gathering and Evaluating Sources
Evaluate three sources for your final project by completing this worksheet. Your responses provide the information you need to complete the annotated bibliography for your Week Three assignment.
Source 1
Source InformationQuestions to Consider / Answers (one sentence each should suffice)
Is the author affiliated with an organization related to the subject of the article? (Does he or she have an ulterior motive?)
What is the author’s experience with the subject, including related academic or professional credentials? (Is he or she qualified to interpret and explain the complexities of the subject?)
Does this article report on information experienced by the author, or is it a summary or retelling of information from other sources? (How close is the author to the actual information?)
Is the information current? When was the information published or last updated? (Might there be resources with more current information?)
In general, does the information in the source article match with information found in other sources, or is it different or unique? (Can this information be confirmed by more sources than just this one?)
Does the source make any claims without evidence to support them?
What makes this source credible?
Source 2
Source InformationQuestions to Consider / Answers (one sentence each should suffice)
Is the author affiliated with an organization related to the subject of the article? (Does he or she have an ulterior motive?)
What is the author’s experience with the subject, including related academic or professional credentials? (Is he or she qualified to interpret and explain the complexities of the subject?)
Does this article report on information experienced by the author, or is it a summary or retelling of information from other sources? (How close is the author to the actual information?)
Is the information current? When was the information published or last updated? (Might there be resources with more current information?)
In general, does the information in the source article match with information found in other sources, or is it different or unique? (Can this information be confirmed by more sources than just this one?)
Does the source make any claims without evidence to support them?
What makes this source credible?
Source 3
Source InformationQuestions to Consider / Answers (one sentence each should suffice)
Is the author affiliated with an organization related to the subject of the article? (Does he or she have an ulterior motive?)
What is the author’s experience with the subject, including related academic or professional credentials? (Is he or she qualified to interpret and explain the complexities of the subject?)
Does this article report on information experienced by the author, or is it a summary or retelling of information from other sources? (How close is the author to the actual information?)
Is the information current? When was the information published or last updated? (Might there be resources with more current information?)
In general, does the information in the source article match with information found in other sources, or is it different or unique? (Can this information be confirmed by more sources than just this one?)
Does the source make any claims without evidence to support them?
What makes this source credible?
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