User:DGG/LR

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Librarians' criteria for reliability:

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[edit] General criteria

  1. Recognized authority
    1. Widespread use in relevant places
    2. Citation in appropriate contexts
    3. Evaluations by reliable outsiders
  2. Credentials and reputation of publisher
  3. Credentials and reputation of authors & editors -- roles
  4. Controls for quality --peer review, editorial review, subsequent reviews, citations,
  5. Format and medium: online, print, etc.
  6. Technical quality
    1. Interface
    2. Text
    3. Illustrations
    4. Consistency
  7. Degree of detail
  8. Freedom from bias
  9. Currency of information
  10. Confirmation by other known reliable sources
  11. Sources given for information
    1. Reliability of sources
    2. Appropriateness of sources
    3. Currency of sources

and above all

    • Acceptance in context of proposed use

[edit] Specific Types of publications

  1. Academic journals
    1. Research
    2. Reviews
    3. {Published conferences)
  2. Magazines
    1. Academic news magazines
    2. Professional magazines
    3. General magazines
    4. Specialist hobby magazines
  3. Newspapers (Newspapers as a primary historical source)
  4. Academic books
    1. Research monographs
    2. Standard treatises
    3. Advanced textbooks
    4. Standard textbooks
  5. Popular books
  6. Web sites
    1. Specialist web sites
    2. Specialist academic web sites
  7. Documents and archives
  8. Data collections

[edit] Uncertain factors at present

  1. Reliability and stability of online-only sources
  2. Accessibility of restricted sources
  3. Repositories & preprints: arXiv, etc.
  4. Publishers versions vs database versions (Proquest, Ebsco, etc.)
    1. Republication: J-Stor
    2. Aggregators: MUSE

[edit] How does Wikipedia fit in here as a source?

  1. recognized (within limits)
  2. reputation
  3. credentials of authors
  4. Controls for quality
  5. Format and medium: online, print, etc.
  6. Technical quality
  7. Degree of detail
  8. Freedom from bias
  9. Currency of information
  10. Confirmation by other known reliable sources
  11. Sources given for information
    1. Reliability of sources
    2. Appropriateness of sources
    3. Currency of sources