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Evaluating Sources to Find Quality Research (Handout Version)

Three questions you can ask to determine whether a source is a good fit for your needs.

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Evaluating Web Sources

Students evaluate web sources by answering questions about the author, publisher, and sources used. They then present their responses to the class.

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Evaluating web sources (interactive tutorial)

This interactive tutorial will help students learn and apply criteria for evaluating sources so they can select quality sources in the future. Students will receive a copy of their responses to the tutorial via email once they complete it. To assign students to complete the tutorial, simply share the tutorial link with them and create an assignment dropbox where they can upload a PDF of the email they received.

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Finding Articles for Your Geography Research Assignment

This interactive tutorial worksheet will help students find quality sources for their geography research assignment using Library databases and Google Scholar. They will learn how to build a search strategy and then will get experience searching using three separate databases -- the Library article search (EBSCO), JSTOR, and Google Scholar. Students will receive a copy of their responses to the tutorial via email once they complete it. To assign students to complete the tutorial, simply share the tutorial link with them and create an assignment dropbox where they can upload a PDF of the email they received.  

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Finding articles for your Sociology research

This interactive tutorial will help students develop a search strategy and find and cite sources using the library's article search (EBSCO), JSTOR, and Google Scholar. Students will receive a copy of their responses to the tutorial via email once they complete it. To assign students to complete the tutorial, simply share the tutorial link with them and create an assignment dropbox where they can upload a PDF of the email they received.