Instructions to Sources

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Read the preface- Does it give you enough information about your topic? Are you interested in the article?
2. See if there are other sources that complement the source your looking for.
3. Determine the intended audience- Is it intended for you the reader? Is the way written explicit and easy to read? Are the sources clearly indicated?
4. Determine if the source is fact, opinion, or propaganda.
5. Is their enough information that sustains the ideas?
6. Is the language objective or emotional?
7. Does the author have enough primary or secondary sources that sustain his idea.
8. If the source is opinion, does the author let you think otherwise?
9. How timely is your source? Is the information up to date, or is ti really old?
10. Do some cross-checking. Is the information mostly the same in other sources?
11. How credible is the author?
12. Are there ideas that dont have backup sources or facts?
13. Are arguments only of one way to interpret them, or does the author give you many interpretations.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/553/03/