This chapter entitled "Evaluating Resources" guides the student in the factors that should be used in to check for relevance, evidence, the author, the publisher, timeliness (the publishing date), comprehensiveness, and genre of the information collected for use in researching a topic. It gives information to help determine if the sources will help accomplish your goals. It lists guidelines for evaluating sources so you can choose the most meaningful material that will help your paper by supporting your arguments.
All types of sources should be evaluated using criteria that has been discussed in previous sections of the book. The second section of the chapter talks about evaluating relevance and credibility of digital sources and the relevance and accuracy of field sources. Incorporating information that is relevant is very important. There are numerous data bases online where you will encounter interesting information that will not necessarily help to prove your case. While it would be tempting to add these tidbits of information, you need to take into consideration if the information will help strengthen your writing or confuse your readers by filling valuable space with unnecessary irrelevant issues. Some sources are more reliable than others and you will have to discern which sources can be trusted.
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