crapp

edu

education institution ,

university/college

.gov

government website

.org

organization/nonprofit

they can have a bias

.com

commercial , business website

.net

network/organization; not automatically trustworthy

primary source

original.first hand info, such as an interview, experiment, survey or original research

secondary source

analyzes,explains, or discusses the primary sources

peer-reviewed

evaluated by experts in these field before publication

scholarly

academic info usually written by experts/ researchers

popular publication

written for the general public, such as magazines or news sites.

CRAAP

C=CURRENCY

R = RELEVANCE

A= AUTHORITY

A= ACCURACY

P= PURPOSE

Currency

how recent the info is

when was it published ?

has it been updated?

is it recent enough?

Relevance

how useful is your information ?

is it relveant to your topic and anseer your question

is the info apropiate enough

Authority

who created the info

who is the author

r they qualifaifed

what are their credentials

links to URL to help find out more about them

Accuracy

wheater the info is correct

is there enoug hevidence to provie it accurate

can i verify it esle where

was it reviewed

is it unbaissaded

Purpose

why was the information created

is it meant to infrom, sell, entertain, persudae

is there a bias

is the info fact or opiniopn