Evaluating Source Credibility

Determine whether each example is a credible or not credible source. You’re writing a research paper about whether school food is healthy. Your source is a journal article written by a dietician who specializes in school lunches.

• Credible

• Non-credible

2. You need to write a paragraph about George Washington’s childhood, so you search a Wikipedia page about George Washington.

• Credible

• Non-credible

3. You are trying to figure out which brand of SUV has the best safety features, and you use a blog post from an author who does not give his/her name. 

• Credible

• Non-credible

You want to know how many people have died from COVID-19, so you check out a website named “coviddeaths.com”. 

• Credible

• Non-credible

To learn more about the best places to visit in Hawaii you look at the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau website. It ends with “.org”. 

• Credible

• Non-credible

You and your friend are debating whether schools should give homework. Your friend gives reasons from a post on debate.org. 

• Credible

• Non-credible

You are trying to figure out how to change the oil in your car. You ask your uncle who has been an auto mechanic for 20 years. 

• Credible

• Non-credible

You want to know the best way to grow tomatoes in your garden. You find a book titled, “Growing Tomatoes in 19th Century Europe”. 

• Credible

• Non-credible

You are writing a paragraph analyzing Lewis and Clark’s thoughts about crossing the Rocky Mountains. You use a book that has diary entries from Lewis and Clark.

• Credible

• Non-credible