Five criteria to look for source

                                                   Five criteria to look for sources

In one of the class, our tutor takes us through some of the basics important of how to source and acknowledge the information that we have used to referred our academic work in order to avoid from plagiarism. So we learned that there are five criteria that are needed to be taken into consideration while we are using the information of others through the internet or web. The important criteria are:

ü  Accuracy

ü  Authority

ü  Objectivity

ü  Currency

ü  Coverage

We are informed with the criteria, the tutor assigns us a task to check whether criteria are fulfilled or not by referring one article about Massachusetts Information with given web link.  It is very important for the web to be evaluated before any type of information is gathering for any purposes. There are certain purposes that need to be considered while we are linked to various webs that required us to be visited, i.e, accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, and coverage. Regarding the articles called MIT (Massachusetts Information Technology) that we are asked to analyses whether criteria are included or not.

One of the criteria that need to be fulfilled is accuracy. If the information has accuracy then the articles will have a purpose that has got statics, well and clear and understandable. So regarding the articles that we are asked to read has got purpose like how they could discover a type of glass that is more preferable for the filmmaker. So regarding the author, we can assure and identifiable that Jennifer Chu is a mechanical engineer, researcher, as well as writer.

The article that has goal/objective, appropriate audience and certain clue from the domain is considered as one of the criteria of objectivity. In this regards the audience can be those who are undergoing students of mechanical engineering and the clue used was edu. The currency of the site is up to date because she has updated series of articles and stories every year and she has referred various sources.