Why should you get sources from

advocacy websites?

Web Evaluation 3 p
p
Research reports
Studies
p Experts’ views
Choosing relevant sources
from advocacy websites to
be used in your ENG114
research paper
Deadline: March 22, 2019

Should Malaysia Switch to Solar Energy? .org

p Research reports on solar energy p Advocacy websites
p Studies done on using solar energy p About Us
p Experts’ views on solar energy
Your task for Web Evaluation 3
p Find a relevant advocacy website for
your ENG114 research topic.
p Choose a research report/study/
expert’s view from the advocacy
website to support your topic for
ENG114 research paper.
p Explain why is this research report/
study/expert’s view relevant to your
ENG114 research paper using the five-
criteria of web evaluation.
p Par. 2: Authority
■ Who is responsible to publish the research
report/study/expert’s view? Please state
the advocacy group (name of the
organization) and the writers.
■ What makes this advocacy group an expert?
Explain why you believe that the
organization has the knowledge to publish
the research report/study/expert’s view.
■ Do the writers have the expert knowledge
in the research area? Please state relevant
research experience.
Organisation of your write-up
p Par. 1: Introductory Paragraph
■ What is your research topic for ENG114?
■ What is the title of the research report/
study/expert’s view you choose from the
advocacy website?
■ Write one-sentence summary of the
research report/study/expert’s view?
■ What is the complete URL address of the
research report/study/expert’s view?
p Par. 3: Accuracy
■ Does the research report/study/expert’s
view tell you where it gets its sources?
■ Does the research report/study/expert’s
view have in-text citations?
■ Does the research report/study/expert’s
view have a reference list?
p Par. 4: Objectivity
■ Does the research report/study/expert’s
view present multiple views? Does it
provide limitation of its scope? Please
provide examples of multiple views.

p Par. 5: Currency
■ Is the issue/topic/idea highlighted by the
research report/study/expert’s view still
relevant in the 21st century? Please
provide two examples how the issue/
topic/idea is still relevant in the 21st
century.
p Par. 6: Coverage
■ Is the research report/study/expert’s
view complete? Does it present problems
and options to address the problem?
Please provide one example how the
research report/study/expert’s view
offers alternatives to address the
described problem.
p Par. 7: Conclusion
■ Summarise your write-up: Why is the
research article/study/expert’s view you
have chosen is a relevant academic source
to complete your ENG114 research paper?

p Format
■ Your write–up must be typed, double-
spaced, in 12 point Arial font
p Deadline: March 22, 2019
■ Submit the soft copy of your write-up to
Web Evaluation 3 to www.turnitin.com.
Make sure the similarity index of your Web
Evaluation 3 is not more than 15%.
■ Submit the hard copy to your language
instructor with a copy of similarity index
from turnitin.com and the Marking Scheme
for Critical Evaluation of Sources from the
Internet.