Electronic/Print Evaluation Worksheet



Electronic/Print Evaluation Worksheet

MLA 7th

Remember to use Citation Machine to create your citations



|Book Print Source |Reference Book Print |

|Author: (last name, first name) |Author if known |

|Title: |“Title of Article” |

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|City of Publication: |Name of Reference Book |

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|Publishing Company: |Edition: (if known) Volume: (if known) |

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| |City of Publication: |

|Copyright Date: |Publishing Company: |

|(publishing year) | |

| |Copyright Date: |

|Web Source/ Online Database |

|Author (if given): |

|Page title/Article Title or Entry: |

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|Website Title/ or Magazine, Newspaper or Book in Database: |

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|Sponsor of Site or N.p. (no publisher)/ Name of Database: |

|Last Revision Date Web: Date created or last update/Database: Date of article or© Copyright |

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|Date Accessed (d Date Accessed: (Day month year): |

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|URL Optional- no longer necessary for the works cited page |

J. Michael Lunsford MS Library

NOTE: not every question applies to both print and electronic sources

|Relevancy |If you answer ‘No’ to either, stop and choose another | |

| |source | |

| |Does this source have the kind of information I need? |Yes |

| | |No |

| |Do I understand the content well enough to take notes? |Yes |

| | |No |

|Authority |If you answer ‘No’ more than ‘Yes,’ consider using another| |

| |site. | |

| |Is the author or sponsoring organization identified? |Yes |

| | |No |

| |Does the author list occupation, education, or other |Yes |

| |credentials? |No |

| |Is there any way to contact the author of the source? |Yes |

| | |No |

| |Is the author associated with a creditable institution? |Yes |

| | |No |

| |If this source uses information from other sources, do |Yes |

| |they cite those sources in such a way that I can find them|No |

| |as needed? | |

|Bias |Understand why this source was published, its purpose, and| |

| |use its information accordingly. | |

| |Is the site commercial (.com), or | |

| |not-for-profit (.gov, .org, .edu)? | |

| |Who is the intended audience of the source? | |

| |Can you distinguish fact from opinion in this source? |Yes |

| | |No |

|Accuracy |If you answer ‘Yes’ to these questions, don’t use this | |

| |source! | |

| |Do the presented facts conflict with what you already |Yes |

| |know? |No |

| |Are there spelling or grammatical errors? |Yes |

| | |No |

|Currency |Electronic: if you can’t find publication information, or | |

| |if the site has not been updated this year consider | |

| |another site. | |

| |When was the site created? ____________ | |

| |When was the site last updated?_________ | |

| |Print: sources need to be current, based on the topic. | |

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