How to Evaluate Sources
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Information Skills Modules – Evaluating Information
This is an online information literacy textbook that can help you through the entire research process, including evaluating sources.
Popular vs. Scholarly Periodicals
This short, three minute tutorial gives all the basics on evaluating journal articles and what to look for when identifying scholarly articles.
Evaluating Sources Overview
Evaluating sources of information is an important step in any research activity. This section provides information on evaluating bibliographic citations, aspects of evaluation, reading evaluation, print vs. Internet sources, and evaluating internet sources.
Featured Video
A tutorial describing how to evaluate sources. Brought to you by Western Libraries.

