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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

PRINT

EBOOK

DATABASE

IS IT UP-TO-DATE?

WHO'S THE AUTHOR?

WHO'S THE PUBLISHER?

REFERENCE

ENCYCLOPEDIA

PRINT

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

PRINT

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE

PERSONAL SUBSCRIPTION

 SINCE THESE ARE PEER-REVIEWED* THEY ARE CONSIDERED ACADEMIC/SCHOLARLY
MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPER

PRINT

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