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Author(s) - Does the author have the “right” to write about this topic.
Owner/Sponsor - If there was no author, read the ABOUT US section of the website. What is the mission, vision, purpose of the article/site/information? If you can’t figure our author OR Owner - do NOT use the information.
Currency - In business currency it key. Use information that is as current as possible to help understand where an industry, business, company, market, may be going/headed.
Quality - how is the information reviewed? Is there an editor, peer-review process, some check on quality? Do they cite their sources (note - lookup cited sources for quality check).
Purpose - What is the intention of the site? To inform, persuade, to sell, or some other purpose? Does the site have an inordinate number of ads, cookies, etc. - why do you think this is?
The library has electronic access to business news and journals. Make sure to always log-in to the library for full access.
Visit the library's News & Newspapers Research Guide
Databases providing Business News sources:
We have a few spaces which provide access to The Wall Street Journal. (See the above screencast)
Access The Wall Street Journal from Factiva (subscription library database)
Factiva (requires sign in with credentials)
Note: this database has a 23 simultaneous user limit; if you get a message about not being able to access try again in a few minutes.