English - Source Evaluation

Assignment #2: Source Evaluation

Purpose: To demonstrate your ability to evaluate online sources.

1. Search the web - not the Library databases - for sources related to your topic, and select 4 sources to evaluate. NOTE: You'll want to try to find quality sources, but they don't need to be perfect. You'll be using them to demonstrate how you evaluate online sources.

2. Typing directly into the scoresheet in the attached file (below), create Works Cited entries for the sources you have found.

3. In order of how the sources appear on the Works Cited, evaluate your four sources by assigning a score of 0 (low quality) to 5 (high quality) for each of the criteria. Explanations for each of the criteria can be found in the Week 3 Module under the “Evaluating Internet Resources” (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. link from Georgetown University.

https://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/evaluating-internet-content

4. Once you've finished scoring and adding the totals, provide written rationale for your total scores by explaining the strengths and weaknesses of each source. Explanations should be typed below the chart in the document provided, and they should clarify why you deducted any points from a source's score or explain why a source is or is not credible. Minimum three sentences for each rationale.

5. To submit this assignment, save the document with your scores and explanations. Upload the saved file by clicking the green link in the upper right corner of this page.

6. Read the rubric below carefully.