WHO

• Who is the author?
• Who is the audience?
• Who funded the research?
• Who participated in the research (subjects)?

WHAT

• What evidence is presented?
• What were the researchers trying to find out?
• What steps did they take to reduce errors and bias during the study?

WHEN

• When was the research conducted?
• When was the study published?
• How current does information on this topic need to be?

WHERE

• Where can you access this information? (Free? Paid? Library?)
• Where was this research conducted?
• Where can these results be applied?

WHY

• Why does this information exist?
• Why did they conduct the study?
• Why did this research get published where it did?

HOW

• How could this research be useful to you?
• How relevant is it to your topic?
• How was the study designed?
• How does this study reinforce or challenge other research in the same area?