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Fact or Fiction! Evaluate your sources and information.
====‍Don't forget as good researchers you must always carefully select and evaluate information. Use the 5 criteria below to assess your sources and information:====
 * Criteria || Rational ||
 * ======‍Accuracy====== || Anyone can publish information.
 * Who wrote/sponsored the information?
 * Is the author/sponsor qualified? An expert?
 * Does the author provide information about themselves? ||
 * ======‍Authority/Authorship====== || * Is the information reliable and error free?
 * Is there someone who checks or verifies the information? ||
 * ======‍Bias / Point of View====== || * What type of audience is the author addresing?
 * Is the information fact, opinion or propaganda?
 * Is there multiple points of view?
 * Is the language free of emotion?
 * Is the information provided supported by research? ||
 * ======‍Currency====== || * How current is the information? Is their a publication date?
 * Are the links up to date?
 * What kind of information are you looking for? statistics? historic events? current events?
 * ======‍Coverage====== || * What topics are covered?
 * How detailed or broad is the material?
 * Is the information relevant and valuable to your research needs? ||
 * Is the information relevant and valuable to your research needs? ||

‍Kapolei High School Library Reference Page
Need a book? Information for a project? Get help at the KHS Library Reference Page. Search the library catalog with OPAC for an SSR book or log into one of our subscription databases for articles, web links, graphics, sound and video files. Don't forget to do your bibliography with help from links to MLA and APA formats.