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Evaluating your sources are a critical skill that can be applied to any course. A good way to evaluate a source is to examine the following information:

Evaluating the Source:

  1. Presence/Authority of Author
  2. Presence/Authority of Sponsoring Organization
  3. Timeliness
  4. Sources: Presence, Number, Authority
  5. Type of Venue (Scholarly vs. Popular)

Evaluating the Content:

  1. Intended Audience
  2. Intended Purpose (Sell, Convince, Change Behaviour, Reform)
  3. Coverage (Depth, Opposing Viewpoints, Bias)
  4. Treatment & Tone (Calm or Emotion-Rousing)
  5. Confirmation from other sources

Using this information, examine the following two web pages and describe your conclusions if these would be reputable sources of information on a specific topic. Additionally, would it be appropriate to cite these sources within a formal written scientific report?

A) https://naturalnews.com

B) http://www.chemspider.com/

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