Tuesday 21st June

Today in our lesson we learned about credibility and how to access sources to make sure that they come from a reputable source so the information inside of them will be credible and useful to my project. We also learned how to check whether sources were written by a reputable person therefore whether it contained bias or a vested interest and that would contribute to how reliable the source was. We were given five easy steps to access whether a source would be useful to us and we did this using the RAVEN method of; reliability, ability to see, vested interest, expertise and neutrality. We were also told to look out for what the purpose of the material was, who is responsible for it, when it was produced, where it was produced, selective evidence and the URL address for websites. I think this will be vital when writing my essay as the research I use will need to be reliable and this will help me to ensure that the research I use is both credible and reliable.