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How to Evaluate Sources for Research
NAVIGATING DIGITAL INFORMATION
with John Greene
SHS LIBRARY'S SUGGESTED CRITERIA
| SOURCE TYPE | RETRIEVAL | CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION |
| NON-FICTION BOOK/MONOGRAPH |
EBOOK DATABASE |
IS IT UP-TO-DATE? WHO'S THE AUTHOR? WHO'S THE PUBLISHER? |
|
REFERENCE ENCYCLOPEDIA |
EBOOOK DATABASE |
IS IT UP-TO-DATE? WHO'S THE PUBLISHER? |
|
WEBSITE |
INTERNET |
IS IT UP-TO-DATE? WHO'S THE AUTHOR? WHO'S THE PUBLISHER? WHAT IS THE INTENTION/GOAL? |
| JOURNAL |
SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE PERSONAL SUBSCRIPTION |
SINCE THESE ARE PEER-REVIEWED* THEY ARE CONSIDERED ACADEMIC/SCHOLARLY |
| MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPER |
SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE PERSONAL SUBSCRIPTION |
IS IT UP-TO-DATE? WHO'S THE AUTHOR? WHO'S THE PUBLISHER? |
|
PRIMARY SOURCE FOUND: INTERVIEW, MAP, SPEECH, LETTER, ARTIFACT, NEWS ARTICLE CREATED BY THE STUDENT: INTERVIEW, DATA FROM AN EXPERIMENT |
IN-HAND/REAL-TIME BOOK/MONOGRAPH & REFERENCE EBOOK MAGAZINE/JOURNAL DATABASE |
SOURCES YOU HAVE FOUND THAT WERE CREATED CLOSE TO THE ACTUAL EVENT/TIME/MOMENT ALSO INCLUDES DATA FROM AN EXPERIMENT OR AN INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY YOU THE STUDENT |
*PEER-REVIEWED: GENERALLY, A SCHOLARLY PUBLICATION THAT HAS GONE THROUGH A RIGOROUS REVIEW PROCESS BY EXPERTS IN THE FIELD