CONTENTS: Introduction Authority Reliability Currency Completeness Relevancy Printer friendly version Part I, Types of Information Sources BACK TO: Tutorials home page

Evaluation of Information Sources
Part II, Evaluation Criteria

Currency:

• When was the information published?
• Can you tell when it was published? If it is not dated, you should be cautious of the information source.
• Is that information up-to-date? Have new discoveries been made, or have events taken place since the information was published?
• Is your topic one which is changing quickly, such as medical research or technology, or one which is fairly stable and requires more background information such as history or literature?
• If your information source is a web site, the date of publication and/or last updated date are usually found at the bottom of the page.

          

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