Michelle

MLA Citation of Source:
"Drinking Water." The New Book of Knowledge. Grolier Online, 2012. Web. 14 Mar. 2012


Evaluation of Source:

  1. Website Extension:My internet source ends with .com, so I know that my source is related to a commercial site. This helps me determine that it is (or is not) a reliable source because commercial sites are reliable most of the time.
  2. Date: The date was close to the date I used the website, so that means the information is resent.
  3. Reputation: I didn't see anything bad about the website, so the reputation of the website is good.
  4. Author: The author of the article was professional and not bias.
  5. Consistency: This source had a lot of information about the subject I was researching. It was consistent.

Conclusion:

In the end I was able to determine that this site was reliable based on these five levels of evaluation. I examined each criteria and believe this source was really reliable because it did not give me false information. It basically had the same information as other sources I searched. I like this source because it was easy to use.