
Source Evaluation
How to Evaluate Online Sources Before You Trust Them
Evaluate an online source by identifying who is behind it, tracing its evidence to original material, checking its date and context, and comparing the…
A polished page can carry weak evidence, while a plain document can contain the original data everyone else is quoting. Presentation is one clue; provenance is the stronger one. These guides help readers inspect authorship, evidence, context, date, and independent corroboration before deciding what a claim deserves.

Evaluate an online source by identifying who is behind it, tracing its evidence to original material, checking its date and context, and comparing the…