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How do historians determine if
some documents are more reliable
than others?

User Yalewzj
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The criteria are:

1. Currency: Timeliness of the information.

2. Relevance: Importance of the information for your needs.

3. Authority: Source of the information.

4. Accuracy: Truthfulness and correctness of the information.

5. Purpose: Reason the information exists.

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