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| Slide 0 | Reliability Factors for historical sources |
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| Slide 2 | Types of Sources Sources are classified according to their physical form. Three types: original = material in its first oral or recorded form derivative = material produced by copying an original or manipulating its content (abstracts, compilations, databases, extracts, translations, transcripts) authored works = hybrid of original and derivative materials |
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| Slide 3 | Factors Affecting Source Reliability authorship purpose point of view biased or objective source format location in time / place intended audience |
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| Slide 4 | authorship Who authored this source? How does the author affect the credibility of the source? |
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| Slide 5 | purpose Why was this source produced? Influences reliability because purpose shades which information the author includes. |
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| Slide 6 | content What information does the source convey? Information refers to the content of a source. There are three classes or weights: primary = details from someone with first hand knowledge; eyewitness secondary = details from someone with second hand knowledge; hearsay, tradition, stories unknown = details from records that do not identify the person who is the source |
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| Slide 7 | point of view "... the place from which, or way in which, something is viewed or considered; standpoint; a mental attitude or opinion" "Every source author has a point of view, but not every point of view is biased." |
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| Slide 8 | spelling it`s spelled biased as in "The document is biased. |
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| Slide 9 | Point of View + Purpose Is the author recounting their version of events? Is the author presenting their reasoned opinion? Reliability may be questionable considering bias or limitations of the author`s perspective. Any bias present is probably not an issue since the purpose is to present an opinion Does it reliably represent what people thought at the time? |
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