Discussion Prompt: Evaluating Academic Sources
When evaluating potential online sources, it's important to consider many different factors that illustrate whether or not the source is reliable, accurate, and valuable for use in our papers.
With this in mind, address these questions in your initial discussion post:
How does evaluating the source's intended audience help us understand the original purpose of the source?
What might we gather about the reliability of a source based on the qualifications of its author?
Why is it important to consider the publication date of a source?