Introduction

Now that you have found some information, you need to evaluate that information for its usefulness and reliability. Not everything you find on your topic will be useful or reliable. Because it is your project, you are responsible for evaluating the usefulness and reliability of any information you use.

In today's world, information can be stored in a variety of formats. The dominant ones are print, microforms, electronic, and non-text or graphical.

This module will guide you in

• assessing the usefulness of the information you have found for your project
• understanding the criteria for evaluating the reliability of information
• using these criteria to evaluate the reliability of the information you have found

For this Module:

Before you begin

Goal

Objectives

Introduction
Assessing Usefulness
Assessing Reliability
Finding Indications of Reliability
Books
Articles
Web Sites
End of Module