Appendix E
Strategies for Gathering and Evaluating Sources
Evaluate three sources for your final project by filling in the information below. Your responses here will provide the information you need to complete the annotated bibliography for your Week Three assignment.
Source 1
|Source Information |
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|Questions to Consider |Answers (one sentence each should suffice) |
|Is the author affiliated with an organization related to the subject | |
|of the article? (Does he or she have an ulterior motive?) | |
|What is the author’s experience with the subject, including related | |
|academic or professional credentials? (Is he or she qualified to | |
|interpret and explain the complexities of the subject?) | |
|Does this article report on information experienced by the author, or| |
|is it a summary or retelling of information from other sources? (How | |
|close is the author to the actual information?) |