{"id":80,"date":"2017-06-19T22:54:50","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T22:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/olemiss-writing100\/chapter\/why-it-matters-evaluating-sources\/"},"modified":"2020-03-27T15:28:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T15:28:42","slug":"why-it-matters-evaluating-sources","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/chapter\/why-it-matters-evaluating-sources\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters: Evaluating Sources","rendered":"Why It Matters: Evaluating Sources"},"content":{"raw":"[caption id=\"attachment_289\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"600\"]<img class=\"wp-image-289\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2097\/2017\/06\/20190326\/4304080307_5da819fa71_o-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a &quot;jackalope&quot; (a large jackrabbit with Photoshopped antlers) sitting in a meadow.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/> The jackalope: fact or fiction?[\/caption]\r\n\r\nNowadays, we are surrounded by so much readily available information that it's sometimes hard to tell\u00a0fact from fiction. Of course, not everything you read (or see) on the Internet is true, but how do you know what\u2019s a good source to rely on for personal information in your life? How about for an academic essay?\r\n\r\nIn this section, you\u2019ll learn about tools you can use and steps you can follow in order to find credible information.","rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_289\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289\" class=\"wp-image-289\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2097\/2017\/06\/20190326\/4304080307_5da819fa71_o-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a &quot;jackalope&quot; (a large jackrabbit with Photoshopped antlers) sitting in a meadow.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The jackalope: fact or fiction?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nowadays, we are surrounded by so much readily available information that it&#8217;s sometimes hard to tell\u00a0fact from fiction. Of course, not everything you read (or see) on the Internet is true, but how do you know what\u2019s a good source to rely on for personal information in your life? How about for an academic essay?<\/p>\n<p>In this section, you\u2019ll learn about tools you can use and steps you can follow in order to find credible information.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-80\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Why It Matters: Evaluating Sources. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: University of Mississippi. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Jackalope Buck early morning. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Bill. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bill78704\/4304080307\/\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bill78704\/4304080307\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC: Attribution-NonCommercial<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":163,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Why It Matters: Evaluating Sources\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"University of Mississippi\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Jackalope Buck early morning\",\"author\":\"Bill\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bill78704\/4304080307\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by-nc\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"71a3b17c-4086-460c-a1ac-8b6a2f8bd33b","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-80","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":79,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":838,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/80\/revisions\/838"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/79"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/80\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}