EVALUATING

SOURCES
Prepared by: Mr. Jayson Pelaez
 OBJECTIVE
Identify the features of
valid sources
Identify sources that are
acceptable in academic
writing
Locate sources effectively
CYUACRAC

CNRVLEEEA

THITYUARO

 CRITERIA IN
EVALUATING SOURCES

1. R ele v an c e o f t he s o u rc e to
the res e ar c h t op ic
2. Author it y / A u t h o r ’s
Q u a lif ic a t io n
r e nc y / D a t e of P u blica tion
3. Cur
4. Content/A c cu r a c y of
In fo r m a t i o n
5. Locatio n o f S ou r c es
 HOW WELL DOES T
HE SOURCE
SUPPORT YOUR TOP
Check the title, table IC?
of contents,
Releva n ce of t he summary or heading
s of the text to
have a sense of its
t he
content.
So ur ce to

Which of the following s

re s ea r ch Top ic pick if you are doing a r
ources would you
esearch on the
Law of Supply and Dema
nd?
A. An Introduction to The
ories on
Economics
B. How to invest and get
rich
C. 105 habits of Highly ef
fective

businessman
 Author’s name is id
entified?
Author’s backgrou
nd, education/train
related to the top ing
ic?
AUTHORITY/ AUTHO R’S What are his/her
Is the contact info
publications?
rmation of the aut
QUALIFICATION available? hor

Which of the following
texts would you use
for a research regar
ding the Holocaust?
A. Dark shadows of th
e Past: A Comparative
Study on the Holocaust
and the Death March
by Mau Guevarra Ph.D
. in History
B. Analyzing Nazism and
Extremist Supremacy
by Adolf Mussolini, RMD
 Date of publication should
be current or
at least 5 years earlier

CURRENCY/DATE Q and A
Which material will you us
e for a
OF PUBLICATION research on electromagn
a. Notes on recent resea
etism?

rches in
electricity on magnetism,
1853
b. Basics of electromagn
etism, 2015
c. The foundation of stu
dies in
electromagnetism, 2009
d. Fundamentals of Physic
s, 2013
 The author should have lots
of
citation in his/her text and

CONTENTS/ bibliography or work cited s

What is the tone and style o
ection
f
ACCURACY OF
writing?
Is the information inaccurate
?
INFORMATION Which of these sources wo
uld you use
for a research on Marxism?

a. The dark side of Marxism

, Hen Sy
b. Karl Marx and the Fundam
entals of
Marxism, Fred Angle
c. Effects of Marxism in a
n
industrialized world, Rick Car
los
 LOCATION OF SOURCES
PUBLISHED DIGITALLY? OR IN PRINT?
DIGITAL PRINT
Av oid us ing bl ogs, pe rs on al hom ep ag e or
Complete address
wiki sites (Wikipedia, Wiktionary, of the publishing
Wikiquotes) Inform ation ab out
Common URL (.gov .edu .org .net
the author
.com
Email
Website
CRITERIA:
1. Accuracy of the web documents – ISBN
content
2. Authority – credentials of the author
3. Objectivity – advertising? Biased?
4. Currency – check for dead links
5. Coverage – is it free? Or you have to
pay to view the page
 END OF
DISCUSSION!
Thank you for your
attention!