How to evaluate what you find

Is this electronic source relevant?

Some points to consider to help you to decide if an electronic source is relevant:

• Title - Does the title indicate that the item is too specific or not specific enough? Is there a description with more information?
• Author(s) - What are their credentials and reputation, are they associated with any institution or organisation?
• Date of revision - Is it recent enough for your topic? Does it need to be recent at all? Updates imply that changes have been made.
• Owner of site - Is it a government body (.gov in address), an academic institution (.edu or .ac) or a commercial body (.com)? Is it Australian based (.au)? Find the right site for your needs.
• Description - Search engines obtain the description from the headings assigned by the page's author, or from the beginning of the page: does it look relevant?