Evaluating Reference Sources
- Author/Editor’s name and credentials ___________________________________________________________________
- Contributor’s names and credentials
____________________________________________________________________
- Publisher
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
- Date published _________________________________________________________________________________
- Find an entry on a topic of interest to you ___________________________________
- Length of entry
______________________________________
- Is entry signed Yes
No
- Does it include a bibliography Yes No
- List useful names and terms mentioned in the
entry ________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Bibliography found elsewhere in book? Where?
__________________________________
- Is Bibliography annotated Yes No
- How could this reference work be useful to you
in your work for this course? _______________________________
