What authority does the author speak from?
What gives this information validation?
Check the URL to determine if the organization has a stake in the issue at hand.
This helps to evaluate the author's scholarship or knowledge of trends in their area of study.
How timely is the information?
Is this information screened through peer review?
(2016, November) Evaluating Information from Johns Hopkins University's research tools. Retrieved from http://guides.library.jhu.edu/c.php?g=202581&p=1334914
[Libncsu]. (2015, June 9). Evaluating Sources for Credibility [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/PLTOVoHbH5c
All information, whether in print or by byte, needs to be evaluated by readers for authority, appropriateness, and other personal criteria for value. If you find information that is "too good to be true", it probably is. Never use information that you cannot verify. Establishing and learning criteria to filter information you find on the Internet is a good beginning for becoming a critical consumer of information in all forms. "Cast a cold eye" (as Yeats wrote) on everything you read. Question it. Look for other sources that can authenticate or corroborate what you find. Learn to be skeptical and then learn to trust your instincts.
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(2016, November) Evaluating Information from Johns Hopkins University's research tools. Retrieved from http://guides.library.jhu.edu/c.php?g=202581&p=1334914