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Evaluating Sources

Evaluating literary sources infographic

Types of Articles

Your essay instructions will often include a requirement to use scholarly sources.  This video will help you recognize scholarly articles compared to non-scholarly articles.

Identifying Source Type

If you quote or paraphrase from a source you have to include the citation information in your essay.  This video will help you understand what type of source you are looking at so you can follow the correct examples in MLA or APA.

Other ways of evaluating information: the S.T.A.R. Evaluation

Source * Timeliness * Accuracy * Relevance

Learn more about evaluating information sources using the S.T.A.R. criteria.  This link includes a checklist and videos.

 
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