Resource Evaluation Checklist

Once you’ve gathered the resources you need, it’s helpful to critically evaluate what you’ve found. This means to work out whether your resources are relevant and reliable for your purposes.

Use this handy checklist to make sure each resource you use is relevant and reliable by asking yourself these 6 questions:

The student-led project that culminated in this website won the University’s Vice Chancellor’s Education Excellence Award in 2025 and was shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Award in 2023.

Illustrations by Eilidh Muldoon.