III. Finding & Evaluating Information

Accuracy

Is the information correct? Are the sources of facts and statistics described? Can they be verified in another resource?

Example: www.mostlywind.co.uk/performance_anxiety.html

This author, Carole B. Miller, begins with a summary of research completed in this area of performance anxiety. The author references in parentheses studies that support statements in her paragraph on "What is Anxiety?" Her paper concludes with a bibliography, a list of all resources consulted. This lends authority to the information she presents in this discussion of performance anxiety.