2. EVALUATING INFORMATION
Learn how to use a set of criteria to evaluate information,
information sources and databases
Learn how to identify for credibility and appropriateness
Engage in critical analysis of information
3. FINDING INFORMATION
IS THE EASY PART…
Evaluating it for credibility and appropriateness is the
intellectual heavy lifting
Inverse relationship between finding and evaluating
What does this mean?
4. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Largely common sense!
Also depends upon understanding how information is
published/created
Timeline of information
5. TYPES OF RESOURCES
Journals/Periodicals (scholarly journals, trade
publications, popular magazines)
Websites (.com, org, .edu, .gov)
Newspapers
Books (scholarly or popular)
Reference sources
(encyclopedias, indexes, directories, handbooks)
All of these need to be evaluated for
appropriateness, currentness and authority/credibility
6. AUTHORITY/CREDIBILITY
Who is the author? (credentials,
expertise, experienced, licensed, other
things they’ve published)
Who is the publisher?
Who owns the resource (useful for
websites!)
For websites: What kind of domain?
Intended audience
Objectivity
Verifiable?
