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Evaluate your sources
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9 important questions
  1. how did you find it?
  2. what is it (book, article)?
  3. who wrote it?
  4. why was it written?
  5. who is it written for?
  6. is it well presented?
  7. does it cite its sources?
  8. is it up to date?
  9. who links to it?
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Finding information for your assignment is only a small part of the assignment process. Next you must critically evaluate the information you have found (in books, magazines, journals, web etc) and decide if the information is authoritative, reliable and relevant to use in your assignment. Your lecturer will be looking for evidence of the use of quality sources and you will be marked accordingly if you use poor quality sources.   

                    

 
 
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