{"id":3202,"date":"2024-08-06T10:35:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T09:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\/evaluate-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T23:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T22:29:44","slug":"how-to-evaluate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\/how-to-evaluate\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Evaluate Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3202\" data-postid=\"3202\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3202 themify_builder\">\n\n    \n\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  class=\"themify_builder_row module_row clearfix repeat module_row_0 themify_builder_3202_row module_row_3202-0 tb_969b39c\">\n\t    <div class=\"builder_row_cover\"><\/div>\t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top\" >\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_3202_column module_column_0 module_column_3202-0-0 tb_109e92c\" >\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner\">\n\t\t    \n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text text-3202-0-0-0  repeat   tb_8563402\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How To Evaluate Information<br \/><\/span><\/h1>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\n\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  class=\"themify_builder_row module_row clearfix module_row_1 themify_builder_3202_row module_row_3202-1 tb_be8965a\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top\" >\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_3202_column module_column_0 module_column_3202-1-0 tb_257ba0b\" >\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner\">\n\t\t    \n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text text-3202-1-0-0  repeat   tb_5386723\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>Every book, article or other resource you read has strengths and weaknesses. These strengths and weaknesses will vary, depending on the information you need to find and the question you need to answer.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to evaluate all the information and resources you use in your assignments, even if they&#8217;re written by academics or experts. 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These strengths and weaknesses will vary, depending on the information you need to find and the question you need to answer.<\/p> <p>It's important to evaluate all the information and resources you use in your assignments, even if they're written by academics or experts. 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