Evaluating the information

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Before you start

STEP 1: STARTING out

STEP 2: FINDING

STEP 3: EVALUATE

- Fact vs opinion

- Currency

- Authority

- Intended audience

- Publishing body

- Popular vs academic

- Primary vs secondary sources

- Critical reading

- Eliminate irrelevant information

- Internet

- CARS checklist

- Quiz

STEP 4: Legal and ethical USE

STEP 5: COMMUNICATE

Eliminate irrelevant information

You might feel that you are overloaded with too much information and don't know where to start. Read through selected documentation and highlight the relevant information. By doing this you eliminate irrelevant information.

The different stages of eliminating irrelevant information: