An author of a scholarly (or academic) article will usually include his
/
her credentials or affiliations. You will also see references (footnotes, endnotes, etc.). Check to see if the author has written other articles on this topic by searching in an appropriate article database.
Author credentials are
the education, skills, and/or biographical information
which make him/her qualified to write/speak on a specific topic. Think of the credentials as follows: His/her educational background in a subject area. Other writings (books/articles on the same or similar topics)
If you want to determine if a book author is credible,
check the foreword/preface/introduction and back cover of the book
. These sections usually provide information on the author's credentials/areas of expertise, etc.
Ways to determine author credibility include checking to see if they are represented by a reputable organization, have advanced degrees in their field, and whether they stand to gain financially from their conclusions. When researching articles published on websites,
domains ending in
.
Are any advanced degrees listed with the author's name (M.D., M.S., Ph. D., Ed. … Search for them in Google (hint: put their name in “quotation marks”) to find out — you'll often come across their CV or a personal page on their workplace's website.
What are the 4 main criteria when evaluating resources?
Common evaluation criteria include:
purpose and intended audience, authority and credibility, accuracy and reliability, currency and timeliness, and objectivity or bias
. Each of these criteria will be explained in more detail below.
Why is it important to use only credible sources in a literature review?
Credible sources, therefore, must be reliable sources that provide information that one can believe to be true. It is important to use credible sources in an academic research paper
because your audience will expect you to have backed up your assertions with credible evidence
.
Credible sources are written by authors respected in their fields of study. Responsible, credible authors will
cite their sources so that you can check the accuracy of and support for what they've written
. (This is also a good way to find more sources for your own research.)
Here is how you would cite a webpage without an author in 3 of the most popular citation styles:
APA, MLA 8, and Chicago
. Structure: “Title of the Article or Individual Page.” Title of the website, Name of the publisher, Date of publication, URL.
An Author produces
original written copy for any number of different media
including books, magazines, newspaper articles, screen plays and websites. They may write on a number of subjects spanning both fiction and non-fiction.
What makes a book credible?
An author of a scholarly (or academic) article will usually include his/her credentials or affiliations. … Google Scholar provides a feature that will tell you how often the article has been cited by others (
a high number of citations
is a good indicator that the author is credible).
That “authority” and “author” share the same root is a given in publishing circles. To become an author
you should have authority in your subject
, and those with authority often write books. The trajectory of authorship goes like this: You work to become an expert in a particular topic. You author articles and books.
Identifying the author's purpose is an
important part of reading comprehension
. That's because knowing why an author wrote a text is the key to knowing what to remember when you've read the last page. It's sort of like setting a purpose for comprehension. … I is for Inform – the author presents facts to the reader.
What is the criteria for evaluation?
Evaluation Criteria are
the standards by which accomplishments of required technical and operational effectiveness and/or suitability characteristics
or the resolution of operational issues may be assessed.
What are the 5 criteria for evaluating websites?
When you use the following 5 important criteria
— Accuracy, Authority, Objectivity, Currency, and Coverage
— wading through the mass of information can be less confusing, and, you can be a better consumer of information.
What are examples of evaluation criteria?
- RELEVANCE is the intervention doing the right things?
- COHERENCE how well does the intervention fit?
- EFFECTIVENESS is the intervention achieving its objectives?
- EFFICIENCY how well are resources being used?
- IMPACT what difference does the intervention make?
- SUSTAINABILITY will the benefits last?
