Evaluating the Credibility of Your Sources

Remember that the use of your source is a means of supporting your argument. This means that the sources you quote need to be reliable and authoritative. How do you know that your resources are valuable? Please ask the next question.

Is it in a peer reviewed journal (ie an article evaluated by other experts in the field), or is it published by a publication of a university, a professional association, or a scientific publication? These texts can be trusted academically

Is the source published online? This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it depends on who released it, why it was released, and how you intend to use it. For example, online journals use peer review to increase the reliability of publications. However, there are many articles published contemplating academic research announced by individuals who claim to have expert knowledge but claim to be highly suspicious. If you have questions about online resources, you can talk to a teacher or TA. You can choose not to use it.

You can do a short online research by the author. Does the author tie up with universities and other agencies? What did the authors write? The citation database also tells the number of times citation was cited by other scholars, so you can deepen your understanding of its reliability.

Depending on the field, the material may become obsolete very early. In other cases, text can continue to be considered more valuable. To find related information sources and reference sources that refer to this source to better understand the source of this source of information and the relevance and value of that knowledge, search for additional text on the topic please.

Is the target audience a scholar? If so, it should have a clear bibliography, you can also consult other sources.

Even if the material does not meet the expected standards of academic research, it may be beneficial to you. However, the main text, ie the text that needs to be analyzed - not the auxiliary text - this is the text that may support your discussion or provide a theoretical framework for analysis, eg

For more information, 205 library librarian at the Butler Library, Anice Mills can help evaluate the reliability of online sources.

2 Evaluate your source and judge its reliability. It is important to use only trusted sources for academic papers. Otherwise, the author's reliability will be impaired. Using the library database, you will be able to access sources of reliable papers. There are a few things to consider in order to decide if the source is reliable. Author and his or her certificate. Select the source that contains the creator's name and provides the creator's credentials. A voucher should indicate why this person is entitled to speak as the subject authority. For example, if the author is a doctor, the article on the medical condition will be more reliable. If you find an information source that does not have an author or an unqualified author, this information source may be untrustworthy.

Author's credibility refers to credentials and other qualifications that prove that sources are reliable. The author's reliability helps to support your thoughts and arguments in papers and research papers. If your source is unreliable, it may impair the validity of your paper and compromise your own reliability. Please make sure you are looking for the right place for your source. This is a good starting point because universities and public libraries subscribe to thousands (or even millions) of academic journal summary databases. Other sources of reliable information are industry magazine, vocational association website (such as American Medical Association), reputable newspaper and its website (such as New York Times), and television network site. Many articles from these sources are also in the aggregate database.