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Enabling Pathways Library Guide: Why evaluate?

Guide to assist Open Foundation and Newstep students find information for assignments

Why evaluate?

 

There is an incredible amount of information available on any topic you can think of.

The challenge is sifting through the mountains of information to identify the sources that are reliable and appropriate for your assignments.

Finding these sources requires time and critical evaluation.

Understanding how to evaluate both print and electronic information makes it easier to choose better sources that will improve your marks.

You can download this infograph at the bottom of the page.

 

The type of research you are doing will determine how closely your sources should be examined - remember that academic assignments (e.g. essays) will always require accurate, appropriate, and documented sources of information - so always be more critical when looking at potential sources for these types of assignments.

 

So, how can we assess whether a source is suitable?