CRAAP TEST WORKSHEET
Use the following worksheet to help you evaluate your sources. Score each of the main categories 1 to 10 (1 = Worst; 10 = Best). Check your scores with the key at the bottom.
Currency: the timeliness of the information
Score:________
Relevance: the importance of the information for your needs
Score:________
Authority: the source of the information
Score:________
Accuracy: the reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content
Score:________
Purpose: the reason the information exists
Score:________
Total:________
45-50 Excellent
40-44 Good
35-39 Average
30-34 Borderline Acceptable
Below 30 Unacceptable
Note: all credit for the CRAAP test goes to the librarians who developed it at Meriam Library at CSU Chico.
Bureau of Economic Analysis : Department of Commerce. Regional, National and International industry Info.
U.S. Department of Commerce : Department of Commerce
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Census and BLS
U.S. Census Bureau: Subjected A-Z
Statistical Abstracts of the United States (Also available Lancaster Oversize HA 202 .S797 )
American Fact Finder: Economic Census Statistics
Consumer Expenditure Survey: From the Bureau of Labor Statistics