I feel evaluating sources is very important. it is something that we should all do everytime we read a text  regardless if its for a research essay or assignment. In today's world of internet blogs and postings that can be made it seems like in mintunes as opposed to the past where something that was published would go through numerous people and editors before it was read or even thought about being printed on paper. Its important to judge your source and really dig into it. We can't just belive a source is true because someone wrote it. we must break it down and really think. what is this author getting across. does the author use bias? is his view not broad but narrowly focused. In todays world it seems if its posted on the internet we all belive its a legitmete resource. when it truth its nothing but a authors opinpon and lets be honest some views are horribly one sided. Lets say i used a example. If i read a world war two book. and i read it from a American perpestive would it be different if i read it the book from a german view. its very interesting to consider that. to view something from someones elses view.

I know that it is always important to check your sources when doing research. usually books are okay because not just anyone can edit them, and to be published, the author usually knows what they are talking about. I know with the internet though, anyone can make a website about anything, and sometimes you could find something that is total bullshit. Or you could be reading a site that looks legit, but anyone can edit it, so it may have started with correct information, but now has random people's thoughts or ideas passed on as facts.

i learn't that looking up the references of the website is very important.  Researching the author and finding out where he is from, where he went to school, and his backround.  And knowing that anyone can just throw up anything on a website made me realize that there is a lot of crap on the internet, and you could look up a hundred websites or a couple with the right facts.  Also popularity does matter, if a website is popular chances are it is for a reason, because it is knowing to be filled with factual information that has been edited and published properly.