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Criteria for Evaluating Resources - A³BCD

Criteria for Evaluating Resources - Authority of Source

• Is a personal or organizational author identified?
• Does the author provide contact information, e.g., e-mail address, telephone number, street address?
• Does the personal author provide any credentials...
• organizational affiliation?
• education?
• occupation?
• years of experience?
• Do the credentials suggest an inherent bias of particular point of view?
• Is the author the creator of the document or a compiler of information resources?
• Can you find other material by or about the author, either on the Internet or using library resources, e.g., reference materials or indexing publications?

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