In Chapter 5 all of the focus is put on to evaluating the credibility and helpfulness of the sources you have gathered. The chapter is split in to two main questions for better understanding. What factors should I use to evaluate a source? and, Should I evaluate all types of sources in the same way? These two questions bring up a lot more questions like, what is what? and, where do i find this? The most important thing to do with your sources is to evaluate them. Their relevance, evidence, author, publisher, timeliness, comprehensiveness, and their genre. These are all important thing to look at when looking for credibility in your sources and sources that will help you. From this chapter I learned that when looking for sources their is so much more to pay attention to then what the source is saying. You also have to look at all the things that went in to writing the words that relate to your topic.
Tutorial- (pg. 90)
http://time.com/40110/rape-culture-is-real/
1. Domain - .com
2. Title Bar - Rape Culture is Real: Time
3. About the Author - Zerlina Maxwell, "Zerlina Maxwell is a political analyst, speaker, and contributing writer for ESSENCE Magazineand Mic.com. She writes about national politics, candidates, and specific policy and culture issues including domestic violence, sexual assault, victim blaming and gender inequality." (http://zerlinamaxwell.com/about/)
4. Timeliness - Published Date: March 27th, 2014
5. Body Text - This source is relevant to me because it is directly related to my topic of 'Rape Culture' and this author has similar views as myself.
6. Page Footer - Time is the publisher of Time.
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