DOCUMENT ANALYSIS ACTIVITY: Evaluating Information from Internet Sources

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DOCUMENT ANALYSIS ACTIVITY

Evaluating Information from Internet Sources

 

This blog post appears in the FAQ section of the Climate Change Truth File section of the website of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow. (For another view on climate change, see Figure 6.3.) The questions below ask you to consider the guidelines for evaluating Internet sources (see "Conducting Primary Research").

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Source: Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, 2013: www.cfact.org/issues/climate-change/climate-change-truth-file/. Reprinted by permission of Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, www.CFACT.org.

Question 6.1

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Question 6.2

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Question 6.3

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