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CJBS Guide: Evaluating Sources

The CJBS Guide is to help learners of the business school navigate key academic skills and support offered by the Information and Library Services team.

Introduction

How do you know the sources you've found are reliable and suitable to use in your work? This page will cover the different areas to consider when selecting sources for your work.

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Synopsis

Evaluating Sources Key Takeaways:

  • The information landscape is vast, and it's necessary to select high quality information to lend credibility to your arguments.
     
  • Looking at currency, relevancy, authority, accuracy, and purpose will help evaluate therealiability and suitability of a source.
     
  • To evaluate a source in-depth you can look at where it sits within the academic conversation surrounding a topic, and the authors perpective.

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