During your search, you find all kinds of information. Of this, you want to use only relevant and reliable sources. But how do you determine this? In this module we give you guidelines for evaluating different sources.
The main criteria for evaluating publications are:
Relevance: The extent to which the information contributes to answering the (research) question.
When assessing, you pay attention to:
Reliability: the extent to which you can trust that the information is correct.
In the assessment you will pay attention to: