ENGL 101

Evaluating your sources is the most important thing you can do.

The criteria to evaluate sources include:

• Accuracy
• Authority
• Objectivity
• Currency
• Coverage

These criteria are considered more in-depth in the file below.

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Beadle the Beetle - Lateral Reading Activity: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mv-cY_sgtL6ahNFClvVwJHkBthJWCOlE02yZVA2x8lo/edit?usp=sharing 

Students will evaluate online resources for one or more of the following evaluation criteria:

• Accuracy: correctness of the information (i.e., cited sources).
• Authority: the credentials of the source.
• Objectivity: purpose of the source (e.g., satire, educational, persuasive).
• Currency: timeliness and relevance of the information.
• Coverage: breadth of topics covered by the source (i.e., is it a trade journal or a popular magazine?).