Everyone and anyone can create and share content online. Today, it is becoming more challenging to determine whether an Internet resource you find is credible or not.

For the aforementioned reasons, evaluating online resources and materials is an important and necessary step in any research process. 

If you are searching for authentic and factual resources, search through newspaper publications, TV news, journals, official pamphlets, books, and magazines. This becomes difficult because nowadays people favor searching for information on the Internet.  Oftentimes, those who are conducting research almost certainly choose to believe information posted on the Internet without even checking for credibility.

To avoid these pitfalls, watch the videos and read the checklist below in order to evaluate your sources.