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Evaluating Information

Evaluating Information - Applying the CRAAP Test
The CRAAP Test is a list of questions to help you evaluate the information you find. Different criteria will be more or less important depending on your situation or need.

Regardless of where you are getting your information, you need to be aware of a few simple attributes about whatever information you are using.

When evaluating information, here are five helpful considerations:

Currency: timeliness of the information.

Relevance: importance of the information for your need.

Authority: source of the information.

Accuracy: reliability, truthfulness, correctness.

Purpose: reason that the information exists.

Thinking Critically About World Wide Web Resources

Evaluating Information, part 2

Video: Evaluating Sources ( 3: 47 )

Avoiding Plagiarism

How to Avoid Plagiarism
A self-paced tutorial with excellent practical advice and examples.

This tutorial describes:
Three ways to use source material: quote it, paraphrase it, or summarize it
Three essential techniques for managing source materials: introduce it, cite it, and list a reference to it
Eight important guidelines to help you avoid plagiarism mistakes
Avoiding Plagiarism : An Overview and Tutorial
Provides an overview of plagiarism and an interactive tutorial on how to avoid it. Also includes tips on appropriate paraphrasing.

Finding Articles

ACM Digital Library
Provides a vast collection of citations and online full-text from ACM journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings, including over 50 years of archives. Create a web account to manage and share citations and reading lists.
Applied Science & Technology Source
Full text resource that focuses on traditional engineering challenges & research, computing technology, as well as research concerning the business and social implications of new technology. Provides content from leading trade and industrial journals, professional and technical society journals, specialized subject periodicals, buyers’ guides, directories, conference proceedings and more.
Education Source
Full text resource covers scholarly research and information for education students, professionals and policy makers. Includes the largest and most complete collection of full-text education journals. Includes international English-language periodicals, monographs, yearbooks and more. Covers all levels of education—from early childhood to higher education—including all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education and testing.

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Business Source Complete
The largest and most in-depth business research database available. Contains scholarly research, trade publications, and industry news and reports. Includes books, case studies, company profiles, country reports, industry reports, market research reports, peer reviewed scholarship from more than 2000 journals available in full text, SWOT analysis and thousands of trade publications. Coverage begins in 1886 (yes, 1886).
Political Science Complete
Political Science Complete™ (PSC) contains full text for more than 530 journals, and indexing and abstracts for over 2,900 titles, (including top-ranked scholarly journals), many of which are unique to the product. PSC has a worldwide focus, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse.

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APA Citation Style

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association ( APA Manual )
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2009. 6th ed.
Written as a guide for contributors to A.P.A. journals, this is also useful to students who need to know recommended forms for presenting bibliographies, footnotes, tables, and figures.
Accessibility: Reserve -- BF76.7 .P83x 2009 ( 4 Hour Circulation )
APA formatting and Style Guide : General Format ( OWL )
APA formatting and Style Guide for ARTICLES ( OWL )
APA formatting : Reference List Basics ( OWL - 3 min VIDEO )
APA formatting : Reference List for ELECTRONIC Sources ( OWL )

Tutorial: APA Citations 7th Edition

MLA Citation Style

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

MLA handbook, Eighth edition, The Modern Language Association of America, 2016.
Contains guidelines for doing research, giving citations, and preparing bibliographies.
Location: Reserve - Permanent LB2369 .G53 2016 ( at Reserves behind circulation desk )

The MLA Style Center

MLA Formatting and Style Guide ( OWL at Purdue )

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