Source: Trident Technical College
Source: Lycoming College
The Research Skills Crash Course is a series of lessons covers information literacy and library research skills that will enable you to use information in a scholarly and ethical way.
It is important to evaluate where and what you search and find. One way to do this is to try out the CRAAP test for websites, books, articles, and a range of resources. CRAAP is an acronym for each step of the process of evaluating a source.
The CRAAP Test was developed by the Meriam Library at California State University - Chico. September 17, 2010.
How to Evaluate Resources (the CRAAP Test) by McMaster University Library
The timeliness of the information
Another thing to consider - does the website's copyright date match the content's currency? Or is it just a standard range?
Source: Central Michigan University Libraries
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The importance of the information
for your needs
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The source of the information
Note - to help answer Authority and Purpose questions, check out a website's About page.
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The reliability, truthfulness and correctness of the content
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The reason the information exists
Note - to help answer Authority and Purpose questions, check out a website's About page.
Source: Central Michigan University Libraries
Website Research: CRAAP Test by Rebecca Hill Renirie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.