Using the Web Effectively for Research

Using the Web Effectively for Research
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Using the Web Effectively for Research
There are various ways of analyzing the credibility of the source which a researcher is using in doing his or her work. For example, do the sources make sense to the key objectives of the study? We do have criteria for evaluating sources quality and credibility in research. In this essay, I will use the criteria of C.R.A.A.P which stands for, currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose which was developed by Meriam library.
The content and its main source
You need to understand whether the paper is scholarly or not and if the content contained within the work has empirical evidence of support. In case the evidence has been used by the work, are they supported by the right references and thus holding the credibility of the work? Furthermore, you need to look into whether the work has been reviewed by other people in the field and thus is already reinforced. Other things which need to be checked into include, spelling and grammatical errors. If you find the following things addressed to be true, then that is a credible source for your work.
Who are the author and his qualifications?
In this case, you need to look into things like, whether the author of the source that you are using is a qualified one or not. Can you even have right credentials for the author to prove beyond doubt that he or she is a qualified writer of the source? Other things which we need to look into the scenario is whether the author has gone through a recognized institution on his or her field.

The aspect of checking the knowledge of the author and the recognized institution he or she has gone through is enough that relevant expertise is bestowed within his work. You should have questions if your author has not gone through institutions with authority in the field.
The role the work and whether if it is biased.
Things you need to look into include what was the essence or need of the work to be written. Who are the people expected to get the message on the work and are you part of that audience? Questions should arise in case if the author had been hired by an organization or group of people to make its own claims with specific interests. In case of biased, is through the mind of the author being based on social, political and other religious matters. Bias can be detected on both scholarly and non-scholarly articles, and one needs to be careful in selecting the source.
What kind of information do you need?
You have to analyze whether the information is up to date or an old one and whether there is a need of historical perspective of the work. Different field of the work will require various arguments. Other fields require recent data on the field.
Functional links (URLs) which I might use in my research, on ways to analyze the credibility of sources for research.
https://www.academia-research.com/freelance-writing/crediblenon-credible-sources/http://flinders.libguides.com/evaluatehttps://nursingeducationexpert.com/expert-advice-online-website-evaluation/https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/writing/evaluatehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4217656/