1. Evaluating
Information Sources
By Ashley D’Andrea

2. Information Literacy
Competency Standards

3. How College Students Evaluate and
Use Information in the Digital Age
Project Information Literacy Progress Report 2010

4. Evaluation Criteria
Currency
Relevance
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose
Meriam Library, California State
University. (2010). Evaluating information:
Applying the CRAAP test.
Retrieved June 6, 2013 from:
http://www.csuchio.edu/lins/handouts/eva
lsites.html

5. Evaluating Web Content
Scenario: I am part of the Practical Nursing program
here at Georgian College and I am writing a paper on
the relationship between metabolism and body
weight. My instructor says I can use a variety of
sources, but wants us to have at least one credible
web source….how can I tell what websites are ok to
include in academic research papers?
Apply the CRAAP test!

6. Google Search
Keywords: Metabolism and body weight
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
- Metabolism and Weight Loss

7. Currency

8. Relevance

9. Authority

10. Authority

11. Accuracy

12. Accuracy

13. Purpose

14. Checklist
Currency
Relevance
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose
Determine through critical
evaluation (CRAAP test)
that the web content meets
all the specified criteria
and is therefore a credible
source

15. Presented to you by:
Ashley D’Andrea
Master’s of Library and Information Science
B.A. Media, Information and Techno-Culture
ashley.dandrea@gmail.com
For further resources, visit
http://library.georgianc.on.ca/
http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards
http://www.studygs.net/evaluate.htm