Using credible information will improve the quality of your assessment and may result in better marks, but how can you tell whether the resources you've found are credible and suitable for your assessment? Have you been asked to use peer reviewed or refereed articles? Are you using authoritative websites?
The information below will help you evaluate the information you find, in books, journal articles, or online to make sure it’s reliable.
The website domain gives you an idea of the reliability of a website:
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.edu (educational institution) .gov (government) |
These are more likely to be reliable and unbiased. |
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.org (non-profit organisation) .asn (non-commercial organisation) |
Sometimes these organisations may show a bias toward one side of a topic. |
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.com (commercial site) .net (network) |
Critically evaluate these sites as they may be unreliable.
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