8.SI.1.2

Gabrielle Ybarra

"Fetal Alcohol Syndrome." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.// Grolier Online, 2012. Web. 14 Mar. 2012.

Evaluation of Source:


 * 1) Website Extension:My internet source ends with .com. Although this ends with that, it is a reliable source because it is an online encyclopedia. Otherwise, most .com sites wouldn't be very reliable.
 * 2) Date: In a website, the date is very important. It tells you how recent the information is, and whether new things about that subject could've been found.
 * 3) Reputation: The reputation of this site is most likely really good, because it is linked to a website that is used to help kids to do research. It is probably reliable as well.
 * 4) Author: The author seems to know what they're talking about, because I've seen some of this information elsewhere. The author would have no personal gain with this article, except for causing less FAS throughout the world.
 * 5) Consistency: The relevency on this page is great, for it consistently talks about the topic I'm researching. I've seen some information in other places, but do not have the websites on this computer.

Conclusion:

In the end I was able to determine that this site was reliable based on these five levels of evaluation. I examined each criteria and believe this source to be quite reliable. If it was not, it may be outdated or have a bad reputation. Also, using facts I've found in other places, the information seems right.