What are sources
Currency and Relevance
Authority & Accuracy
Purpose and Bias
Currency & Relevance
100

This letter stands for how recent and up-to-date information is

Currency

100

You check this date to see when an article was published or updated.

What is the publication or revision date?

100

This area asks who wrote or published a source.  

What is Authority

100

This area asks why a source was created.

Purpose

100

You check this date to see when an article was published or ujpdated.

What is the publication or revision date?

200

This letter asks whether the source fits your topic and research level.

What is R for Relevance

200

A source is about your exact research question.  It is strong in this area

What is Relevance?

200

A doctor writes a health article about a medical topic.  The doctor's training helps show this.

What is Authority

200

A page explains how volcanoes errup without trying to  sell anything.  It is likely purpose it this.

What is to inform or teach

200

A source is about your exact research question.  It is strong in this area.

What is Relevance

300

This letter asks who created or published the information and what expertise they have.

What is A for Authority

300
Your topic is current weather safety, but the page was last updated many years ago.  This is a concern about what?

What is Currence?

300

A source gives facts, names its evidence, and links to trustworthy studies.  This supports what?

Accuracy

300

A company's page say its own product is the best and urges you to buy it.  What might the purpose be?

What is to sell or persuade?

300

Your topic is current weather safety, but the page was lats updated many years ago.  This is a concern about what?

What is Currency?

400

This letter asks whether information is correct and supported by evidence.

What is A. for Accuracy?

400

A very advanced science article is accurate but hard for a 6th grader to understand.

What is Relevance

400

An anonymous post makes a surprising claim but gives no evidence.  What should you do before believing it?

What is to check the claim against reliable sources?

400

This letter asks who created or published the information and what expertise they have.

What is A for Authority?

400

A very advance science article is accurate but hard for a sixth grader to understand.  Which area should we reconsider?

What is Relevance?

500

This letter asks why the source was created, such as to inform, sell or persuade.

What is P for Purpose

500

You find an old page with broken links and outdated advice.   Check two areas to check closely

What are Currency and Accuracy?

500

Two trustworthy sources agree, and one shows the4 evidence behind the claim.  Which area does this help you evaluate?

Accuracy and Authority

500

This letter asks why the source was created, such as to inform, sell or persuade.

What is P for Purpose

500

You find an old page with broken links and outdated advice.  Name two areas to check closely.

What are Currency and Accuracy?

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