Evaluating Sources

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Carlos Tanchez

Mario Chaves Solís

English

4 2010

Check the date

Check the reputationof the authors

Check the reputationof the publisher

• What is the purpose of the of the publication? MARKETING,CONTROVERSY,POLITICAL, PROVIDE INFO.

• Check the content: FACT, OPINION, PROPAGANDA(THE IDEAS SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE)

• Check the lenguage: well written, emotion-arousing words, spelling errors.

• Check the quality of the source: organizated

You are talking about the new technological researches which one is the most reliable source:

The history of the fist computer in 1936

The New Ebook of Mac

You are talking about the crimes in Costa Rica which one is the most reliable publisher in terms of reputation:

OIJ

LA EXTRA

You are looking for some important news about the miners in Chile which one is the most reliable source:

La Nacion

La Extra

You are looking for information about citing sources which one is the most reliable source in terms of organization:

http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/

http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/classdoc.htm

Alice Oshima, Ann Hogue(2006).Writing AcademicEnglish(4th. ed.). New York: Pearson Education (pg. 304)