I-Search

Evaluating What You Find No matter where you get a piece of information is good to question the source to determine its credibility and application to your information need. When evaluating a source there are six broad criteria you can use for this process.
Accuracy	Authority
Objectivity	Currency
Comprehension	Relevancy

 

 

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Original I-Search ©2005 by Illinois State University's Milner Library. I-Search is based upon Searchpath
© by the Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University which incorporates material from TILT, a tutorial developed by the Digital Information Literacy Office for the University of Texas System Digital Library, ©1998-2004. This material may be reproduced, distributed, or incorporated only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Searchpath Open Publication License.