You are writing a paper on the environmental impact of oil spills, and you need three scholarly sources. You search Academic Search Complete and find 22 articles from "academic journals" with the subjects "environmental impact" and "oil spills." You're tempted to just take the first three articles. Below are the citations/abstracts for the first three. Are they relevant to your topic?

• Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question?

• Who is the intended audience?

• Is the information at an appropriate level (i.e. not too elementary or advanced for your needs)?

• Have you looked at a variety of sources before determining this is one you will use?

• Would you be comfortable using this source for a research paper?