Rank the sources: In class activity Resource Type: In-class activities Categories: Evaluating Students are provided with four abstracts from the Academic Search Premier database, and prompted to read the abstracts, consider the audience, the date, and then rank these in order of usefulness for an essay. Three sets of results lists given. Read More
Reading a Search Results Page from a Library Database Resource Type: Video Categories: Evaluating Finding Duration: 5:11 Library databases are great places to find published articles, but the results pages can be confusing. This video gives some tips about how to find useful results. Read More
Reading Search Results from a Library Database (Handout Version) Resource Type: Handouts Categories: Evaluating Questions to ask to determine whether an article in a library database is a good fit for your assignment. Read More
Research 101: Credibility is contextual Resource Type: Video Categories: Getting started Duration: 2:56 This video discusses the many factors of evaluating the credibility of a source including the author, audience and purpose. Read More
Science Direct Resource Type: Handouts Categories: Finding How to use Science Direct, which provides full text articles for peer-reviewed life sciences, Health Science, physical sciences, and engineering journals with citation information for thousands more. Read More