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Table of Contents
Chapter 5: Evaluating, Organizing, and Synthesizing Information
The concepts covered in this chapter are as follows:
- Learning Objectives
- Evaluating Information
Sources
- Is the Information Relevant?
- Format and Comprehensiveness
of the Information
- Point of View and Primary
vs Secondary Sources
- Who is the Intended
Audience?
- Is the Information Timely?
- Date of Publication
and Last Update
- Is the Information Still
Valid?
- Is the Information
Reliable?
- Credentials of the
Author/Producer of the Information
- Authoritative, Reviewed,
or Edited? - Different Types of Publications
- How Stable or Permanent
is the Information You Have Retrieved?
- Is the Coverage of
the Information Complete?
- Information Coverage
in Terms of Time and Geography
- Coverage: Amount of
Detail and Point of View
- Coverage: Complete
or Abridged Information?
- Is the Information
Accurate?
- Is the Information
Presented as Fact, Opinion, or Propaganda?
- Supporting Evidence
and Errors
- If the Information
is Presented as Fact, is it Correct?
- Is the Information
Biased?
- What Points of View
are Represented?
- Organize and Synthesize
Information
- Organizing Information:
Examples
- Synthesizing Information
- Chapter Summary
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