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Discovery Seminar - Discovering the Local Economy - Blake - Fall 2024

This guide is for students in Dr. Blake's Discovery Seminar course.
  Evaluating Sources

Some of the questions you should ask when evaluating sources of information are:

  • Audience? Who will be reading this source?
  • Author? Who wrote this source?
  • Credentials? What are the credentials of the author? Can you tell if they are an expert on the subject? 
  • Are there sources or links to other information about the topic? Yes (If so, what kind?) or No.
  • Purpose? What is the purpose of this source?
  • Language? How easy or difficult to read or understand will most people find this source?
  • Publisher? Who published this source?
  • Source of information reliable? Would you trust this source? 
  • Scholarly/Popular? Is this source scholarly or popular?
  • Peer Review? Is this source peer-reviewed? How can you tell?
  Practice

Which one of these sites do you feel is a more reliable source for information on children's health? Why?

                  American Academy of Pediatrics                                                American College of Pediatricians

American Academy of Pediatrics                 American College of Pediatricians