![]() Ask yourself, is the source actually giving you useful information? Information you need or were looking for? Is it too detailed, not detailed enough, too vague, too specific, too impersonal? Is it off-topic or too far removed from your topic? Is the level of authority right for your need? Is it credible? Determining Credibility by Looking at Authority, Accuracy, and Bias The challenge is not just finding a source, but the best source for what you’re doing. Does it give us the type of information we are looking for? To decide this, you might have to think about your reasons for the research (personal, academic, professional - any guidelines or considerations related to this), your topic, what you need to learn about it, what you want to share about it, and the questions you or your audience have about it. One of the first, and perhaps easiest decisions we have to make related to this is whether we think the source is relevant and useful. We have to t hink critically about the sources we find online in order to determine if the information they provide is trustworthy and appropriate to use in academic research. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not everything found online is reliable or credible.
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