Discuss why it is important to pay attention to the credibility of your sources.

Overview
When you research, much of your credibility rests on the quality of the sources you choose to incorporate. Evaluating your sources is important in ensuring that you use only the most credible, accurate, and relevant sources to support your arguments, which in turn, ensures that your own arguments are credible and accurate. In this assignment, you will evaluate two sources you intend to use in your research.
This assignment should take approximately 2 hours.
Research: Use the CCCOnline Library databases to locate at least two quality academic sources on your topic. You may use any of the databases you are interested in searching. If you aren’t sure where to begin looking, some suggested databases are:
Academic Search Complete
Global Issues in Context
Points of View Reference Center
TOPICsearch
Think: Review the resource on the CRAAP Analysis method from the Exploration page. Consider the currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose of each of your sources. What does this evaluation tell you about using those sources in your own writing?
Write: Write a short evaluation paragraph for each source. Then, write an additional paragraph where you compare the two sources based on your evaluations of the sources.
Include a correctly formatted Works Cited entry for each source. Need help with MLA? Please refer to the CCCOnline MLA Citation Toolkit, or consult the Purdue OWL for how to create a correctly formatted MLA Works Cited page.
Post one original post, and reply to at least two of your classmates. In your replies to peers, compare your evaluations on your chosen sources. Discuss your findings and what elements you consider most important in a source. Discuss why it is important to pay attention to the credibility of your sources. Try to further the discussion in your replies by asking thoughtful questions, adding interesting information, or connecting your reply to the material we are discussing.
Don’t forget that your initial posting is due by the date listed in the Course Schedule. Please post over several days. Points will be lost if you post on only one day of the module.

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