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.
Rand Public Policy Research (Nonprofit that helps improve policy through research and analysis)
Urban Institute (gathers data, conducts research, evaluates programs and educates Americans on social and economic issues)
CLASP (Center for law and social policy) (helping to change policy to empower poor and low-income people)
Influencing State Policy (designed to assist human services faculty and students in learning)
Social Science Research Network
SSRN is a database of social science research including scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers.
USA.gov (list of local, state and federal agencies)
FDsys (federal digital system: search government documents)
American Public Human Services Association (APHSA: state health and human services agency commissioners)
Office of Minority Health (US department of Health and Human Services)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC)
Pennsylvania General Assembly (State Senate and House of Representatives)