Harvard Guide to Evaluating Sources, Harvard University
Evaluating Information Resources, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Science vs. Pseudoscience: A Checklist for Skeptical Thinking, MGH Institute of Health Professionals
Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers by Mike Caulfield
Anatomy of a Scholarly Article, North Carolina State University
How to tell the Difference between Popular and Scholarly Sources*
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Recommended Citation
Barbera, Jessica; Huff, Jim; Iannicelli, Christine; Sade, Marianne; and Martin, Samantha, "IMLS Sparks Ignite IL Framework Cooperative Project Teaching Materials: Scholarly vs. Popular" (2018). IMLS SPARKS Ignite IL Framework Cooperative Project for At-Risk Student Success in Smaller Colleges. 1.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/imls_ilframework/1
The CRAAP Test: Questions to Help you Evaluate Information
Librarians from the Meriam Library, California State University, Chico, developed the CRAPP Test to help students evaluate information sources. As you conduct your research, consider these questions. If you determine that an information source is highly biased, inaccurate, unreliable, or simply irrelevant to your needs do not use it.
Evaluation Criteria
Key: * indicates criteria is for Web
Currency: The timeliness of the information.
Relevance: The importance of the information for your needs.
Authority: The source of the information.
Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness and correctness of the content.
Purpose: The reason the information exists.