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Evaluate Sources

Are your sources appropriate for your assignment?

This list of questions will help you to think critically while evaluating the sources you find:

PROVEN test

                 

Evaluate Sources

Apply the P.R.O.V.E.N. test to help you evaluate the sources you find:

Purpose: How and why the source was created.

Relevance: The value of the source for your needs.

Objectivity: The reasonableness and completeness of the information.

Verifiability: The accuracy and truthfulness of the information.

Expertise: The authority of the creators of the source.

Newness: The age of the information.