Evaluating Sources

Axia College Material

Appendix B

Web Source Evaluation

1. What is your expository essay topic? _The economic impact of high gas and oil prices.___________________________________________________________

2. Provide the URL of the Web site: www.heritage.org/research.reports.2011/03/what-to-do-about-high-oil-prices

3. Provide the name of Web site: The Heritage Foundation

4. Primary use: Educational Commercial Other

5. What is the purpose or goal of this Web site? __The purpose or mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.__________________________________________

6. What organization or individual created this site? The Heritage Foundation ___________________

7. Does this organization or individual have affiliations that might create a built-in bias toward the information? Explain your answer.

This organization may have a built-in bias towards the information but it is hard to tell. The Heritage Foundation was founded in 1973 and there primary audiences include members of Congress, key congressional staff members, policymakers in the executive branch, the news media, and the academic and public policy communities.

What other references are cited for the information presented? _Going through the website every article that is present has some sort of reference sited under show references in this report. For my particular topic there are numerous references cited from the Energy Information Administration, a report from Rice University, and the U.S. Department of Transportation._____________________________

8. What other types of organizations are linked to this site? (Using the Google search engine, type link: and the Web site address [for example, link:www.Website.com].)

Fox news, Washington Examiner, The Brookings Institution, and the NSF Statistical Reports on U.S. Science and Engineering.

9. Who is the author of the page? Does that person have valid credentials to present this information? Explain your answer.

The author of the page is Nicolas Loris who focuses on energy, environmental and regulatory issues as a policy analyst in the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Nicolas Loris has been published and quoted