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Evaluating Resources: The CRAPP TEST: Your Name
Evaluating Resources: The CRAPP TEST: Your Name
Is the information at an appropriate level (i.e. not too elementary or advanced for your needs)?
Have you looked at a variety of sources before determining this is one you will use?
Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source? Examples:
o com (commercial),
o .edu (educational),
o .gov (U.S. government),
o .org (nonprofit organization),
o or .net (network)
Accuracy: the reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content
Can you verify any of the information in another source or from personal knowledge?
What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade?
After evaluating this source, do you think you will use it for your paper? Why or why not? If you are not sure,
explain why.
Prepared by J. Hopkins, August, 2015