ABC of Evaluating Library Resources: Authority, Body and Currency

 A - Authority: includes author, publisher, editor, compiler, etc. -- Can we trust the authority; What makes (qualifications, skills, expertise) this person (him/her) an authority;

B -  Body: includes the content in the body of the source to be evaluated for its objectivity or bias, accuracy, completeness, relevancy, format;

C - Currency: current, up to date content. -- Info courtesy: 'ABCs of Evaluation' (online sources: p. 69; Databases: p. 73; Print sources: p. 75) The Research Virtuoso: How to Find Anything You Need to Know Victor Gad, Jessica Rovito and Peggy Thomas of Toronto Public library (see pages: 68-77) 

The following Library guides have examples to evaluate Library Resources, such as, Printed Books, Databases and E-Resources (Websites, online and digitized):

• The ABCs of Evaluating Websites: Evaluation Info - SSW 401 Social Policy - Research Guides at Simmons College 
• ABCs of Evaluating Websites, LibGuides at Utica College
• The ABCs of Evaluating Web Sites, Open Web/Internet - Speech/Communications Research Guide - LibGuides at San Diego Mesa College

On the same shelf:

• Web Research: Selecting, Evaluating, and Citing (2nd Edition) Marie L. Radford
• Interactive Open Educational Resources: A Guide to Finding, Choosing, and Using Whats Out There to Transform College Teaching
  John D. Shank
• Retool Your School: The Educator's Essential Guide to Google's Free Power Apps
  James Lerman
• New Directions in Human Information Behavior (Information Science and Knowledge Management)
  Amanda Spink
• Web Wisdom: How To Evaluate and Create Information Quality on the Web
  Marsha Ann Tate
• Metadata and Organizing Educational Resources on the Internet (Journal of Internet Cataloging)
  Jane Greenberg
• Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing)
  Honghua Tan
• The Research Virtuoso: Brilliant Methods for Normal Brains
  Joe Weissmann
• The Oxford Guide to Library Research 3rd (third) Edition by Mann, Thomas published by Oxford University Press, USA (2005)
• Information Literacy: Navigating and Evaluating Today's Media
  Sara Armstrong
•   User-Centered Library Websites: Usability Evaluation Methods (Chandos Information Professional Series)
  Carole A George
•   Semantic Web Technologies and Social Searching for Librarians (THE TECH SET® #20
  Robin Fay

• Research Virtuoso: To improve teen's research skills beyond googling for school and for life