Cornerstone: CARS evaluation of internet sites

• Trustworthy source
• Author’s credentials
• Evidence of quality control
• Known or respected authority
• Organizational support

Goal: an authoritative source, a source that supplies some good evidence that allows you to trust it.

• Up-to-date
• Factual
• Detailed
• Exact
• Comprehensive
• Audience and purpose reflect intentions of completeness and accuracy

Goal: a source that is correct today (not yesterday), a source that gives the whole truth.

• Fair
• Balanced
• Objective
• Reasoned
• No conflict of interest
• Absence of fallacies or slanted tone
• Common sense

Goal: a source that engages the subject thoughtfully and reasonably, concerned with the truth.

• Listed sources
• Contact information
• Available corroboration
• Claims supported
• Documentation supplied

Goal: a source that provides convincing evidence for the claims made, a source you can triangulate (find at least two other sources that support it).