Students: Use these questions to determine if your source of information is a high quality resource for your research.
More "yes" answers will yield a higher quality of information.

Accuracy:
1) Are the original sources clear and documented?
2) Is a bibliography provided citing the sources used?

Authority:
1) Is it clear who is responsible for the information?
2) Are the author's qualifications for writing on this topic clearly stated?
3) Is there a means to contact the author for more information (address, email, web site)?

Objectivity:
1) Is the information objective or subjective, fact or opinion?
2) Does it reflect bias? How?
3) Is a balance of perspectives represented?
4) Could the information be construed as humorous, a parody, or satire?

Relevance:
1) Is the information helpful or useful?
2) Is the information too broad or too narrow to answer your question or provide information?

Reliability:
1) Does the information come from a school, business, personal, or professional source?
2) What's the purpose of the information resource: to inform, instruct, persuade, entertain, or sell? What's their motive?

Timeliness:
1) Does the currency of information matter with the particular topic?
2) How current are the sources, copyright dates, and links (web sites)?