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Evaluate What You Find

This is a self-paced research guide to evaluating the sources you find for your assignments.

Evaluating sources for credibility

 

A student evaluate a book in the library

You can find almost endless information in print and online, but not all of it is credible or authoritative. Including non-credible sources may detract from your argument and hurt your mark.

For instance, have you tried the SIFT or CRAAP methods to determine whether a source is credible?  

Use our online tools to help evaluate sources for credibility before using them in your research assignments.

Tutorial

Tools

Evaluating sources for relevance

You can find almost endless information online, but not all of it is relevant for your assignment.  Including irrelevant sources in your research assignment may add to your workload, waste your time, and hurt your mark.

For instance, did you know that you should scan key information about a source before you download it and read it?

Our online tutorial will help you focus your time and attention on sources that are relevant to your research assignment.

Tutorial

 

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