LibGuides UFV: ENGL 105, Academic Writing: The Media Question (Carl Peters): Websites

Evaluating Sources

Although librarians have carefully compiled these sources, there is no substitute for your own evaluation. Use the following guides to help you.

CARS Evaluation Checklist
CARS = Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, and Support
The CRAAP Test
CRAAP = Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose
Critical Evaluation of Information Sources
Questions to ask, and where to find the answers when evaluating sources

Web Site #1: Would you use this web site and why?

Yes

Yes: 6 votes (16.22%)

No: 31 votes (83.78%)

Total Votes: 37

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Web Site #2: Would you use this web site and why?

Yes

Yes: 17 votes (62.96%)

No: 10 votes (37.04%)

Total Votes: 27

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Web Site #3: Would you use this web site and why?

Yes

Yes: 15 votes (7.32%)

No: 190 votes (92.68%)

Total Votes: 205

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The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Writing tips, Citation Style Guides and more.
Research Paper
From the UFV Academic Success Centre

The New Yorker magazine turns 100
From CBC Radio's "The Current" (Feb 10/25): The New Yorker magazine is 100 years old this week — no small feat in a struggling news industry. The magazine’s editor, David Remnick, tells Matt Galloway about the role of longform journalism in an increasingly fast-paced world, and how his publication is covering Trump 2.0.
Adbusters Media Foundation
Adbusters Magazine is the people’s bi-monthly journal of the mental environment. We’re a global collective of writers, artists, designers, musicians, poets, philosophers and punks.
Noam Chomsky Website
Truthout
Truthout is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues.
The Nobel Prize
Albert Camus Nobel Banquet Speech (1957)
Toni Morrison Nobel Lecture (1993)
Harold Pinter Nobel Lecture (2005)
Kailash Satyarthi Nobel Lecture (2014)
Malala Yousafzi Nobel Lecture (2014)
Bob Dylan Nobel Prize Lecture (2016)
Maria Ressa Nobel Lecture (2021)
Dmitry Muratov Nobel Lecture (2021)