Source Evaluation: Is my source reliable?

OPVL (Origin, Purpose, Value, Limitation)

Source Type Origin Purpose Value Limitation Is this source reliable or not?
Title of Source. Who is the author? Why did the author Has the information How could we verify Prove it.
What is the source? When was it created? create this piece of been reviewed and the content of the
(book, letter, article, (Is the information up work?(purpose) edited? piece?
documentary, movie, to date? Does it have Who was the author Are there any spelling Is there anything about
interview, etc) to be?) thinking would or typographical this source that may
Is it a primary or Who is publishing it? receive this? errors? be inaccurate?
secondary source? Does the author have (audience) What can we tell irrelevant?
How do you know? experience or Is the information a about the author’s Does the source
knowledge in the fact or an opinion? point of view from the include supporting
field that he is writing (prove it) piece? evidence to the
about? claims? (statistics, big
Is the organization it names)
was published by a Is the source up-to-
reliable one? Why? date? Is it enough for
your research?

‫عنوان المصدر‬.
‫ما هو المصدر؟‬
، ‫ خطاب‬، ‫(كتاب‬
، ‫ فيلم‬، ‫ وثائقي‬، ‫مقال‬
)‫ إلخ‬، ‫مقابلة‬
‫هل هو مصدر أساسي‬
‫أم ثانوي؟ كيف علمت‬
‫بذلك‬
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