Handouts

Toolkit

Evaluating a News Article

Tips for evaluating news sources.

Toolkit

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.

Toolkit

Gale eBooks (formerly GVRL) (How to search)

Explains how to use Gale eBooks (formerly GVRL), which helps you get the background information you need to do a well-informed research project.

Toolkit

Google Scholar (How to use)

How to: set preferences to get full-text access while using Google Scholar; save articles to your Google account; obtain full-text articles through the PCC library through Google Scholar; and what to do if you are unable to get full text of an article through Google Scholar.

Toolkit

JSTOR (How to search)

How to use JSTOR, a large collection of scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles strongest in the Humanities and Social Sciences.