Reliable Sources

True or False: No source is 100% reliable.

• True

• False

Which is NOT important for your sources to be?

• from a website with an .edu extension

• current

• written by an expert

• from multiple perspectives

True or False: It's okay for a source to have some weaknesses.

• True

• False

If a source doesn't give the author's credentials, you should...

(credentials are who they are, what they do, and what their expertise is)

• not use it

• google them

• ignore it

• write that you couldn't find them

If a source doesn't have a date, you can...

• approximate it from the bibliography

• not use it

If a source isn't one you're familiar with, you should

• not use it

• write that you don't know it

• google it

• ignore it

True or False:

Evaluating sources is an exact science.

• True

• False

A source is a place where you get information.

• True

• False

True or False: Consider your sources as they relate to each other.

• True

• False

Which ONE of the following is NOT a reliable source?

• dictionary

• Wikipedia

• a school newspaper

• The New York Times