Questions to Ask for Evaluation

Who?

• Who created this? What are their qualifications/background?
• Were there other people that helped to create this? Editors, producers, song writers, etc.

What?

• What did you find? Book, article, website, statistic, photo, song, etc.
• Is this a type of source that you can use for your assignment?

When?

• When was this published?
• Does the source need to be published recently? Historically?
• What is the time-frame covered by the source?

Where?

• Where did you find this? Library, Internet, etc.
• Where was it published? Journal, Book, Magazine, Website, etc.

Why?

• Why was this source created? What is the purpose?
• Why is this source useful for your research?
• Why does this source fulfill your assignment requirements?