WRITER’S CHECKLIST

  • Did you determine the questions you need to answer for your document?

Did you choose appropriate secondary-research tools to answer those questions, including, if appropriate,

  • online catalogs?

  • reference works?

  • periodical indexes?

  • newspaper indexes?

  • abstract services?

  • government information?

  • social media and other interactive resources?

In evaluating information, did you carefully assess

  • the author’s credentials?

  • the publisher?

  • the author’s knowledge of literature in the field?

  • the accuracy and verifiability of the information?

  • the timeliness of the information?

Did you choose appropriate primary-research methods to answer your questions, including, if appropriate,

  • social-media data analysis?

  • observations and demonstrations?

  • inspections?

  • experiments?

  • field research?

  • interviews?

  • inquiries?

  • questionnaires?

  • Did you report and analyze the data honestly?