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Find tools, tips, and tricks for evaluating print sources, websites, and other online resources.

CRAAP

The CRAAP test 

Currency: the timeliness of the information

Relevance: The importance of the information

Authority: The source of the information

Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content

Purpose: The reason the information exists

Resources

Credible Source: Five tips to determine if your source is credible

Application of the CRAAP test for source evaluation.

Evaluating Sources using CRAAP (Weller University)

By the end of this video you will learn about using the CRAAP evaluation method for evaluating sources for your research.

Alternative versions of CRAAP

Sometimes, this framework is reorganized to give it a different acronym, such as CAARP or TRAAP - the same criteria in a different order.


Currency: the timeliness of the information

Authority: The source of the information

Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content

Relevance: The importance of the information

Purpose: The reason the information exists

Timeliness: the timeliness of the information

Relevance: The importance of the information

Authority: The source of the information

Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content

Purpose: The reason the information exists