**Purpose and Points:**

This Reputable Article Assignment is intended to further your understanding of, and ability to use, the library databases to find reputable sources useful to your writing. These sources are required in your essay assignments. Furthermore, this assignment will more deeply acquaint you with what constitutes a reputable source and help you find one for your AEE. This is a homework assignment and is worth 10 points.

**Instructions:**

- Using the skills learned in Lecture Work - Reputable Sources, find a reputable source on a topic of your choice from the library databases.
- Download the source as a PDF.
- Read and evaluate your source according to the questions/prompts listed below.
- Type a document that answers the questions/prompts listed below for your chosen source in a numbered list. 'Yes' and 'No' are not acceptable answers; you must explain in a minimum of one sentence.
- Save your document with your last name and the word 'reputable' in the title.
- Submit both your chosen article and your response through Canvas by the due date.

**Prompts:**

1. **Summary:** Briefly summarize the entire source, including its title.
2. **Authorship:** Who wrote the source? What are the author's credentials and expertise?
3. **Authority:** Is the source professionally written? What other legitimate sources does this source reference? Has it been peer-reviewed? Does it provide technical citations for all sources used?
4. **Purpose:** Why did the author write the source? What is the original research or intellectual inquiry that is the basis of the source?
5. **Publication:** Who published the source? What is the publisher's reputation? What could the publisher's agenda be?
6. **Comprehensiveness:** Does the source adequately cover the topic? What other points of view on the topic does it discuss?
7. **Currency:** When was the source written or published? What new events have occurred that could affect the relevance of the source's information?
8. **Accuracy:** Are the source's facts correct? How does the source's perspective and details make sense with reality?
9. **Your Impression:** What is your overall impression of the source's quality? What are the main reasons that influence your opinion?