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Evaluating Online Information
A guide to help students determine the accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, and coverage information they find on websites and other online sources.
Evaluation Criteria
Accuracy
Authority
Content
Currency
Documentation/Coverage
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Determining Resource Credibility
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Research skills strategies
How to Evaluate Your Article Search Results in 5 Minutes
by
Steve Brantley
Last Updated Aug 29, 2025
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How to Read a Journal Article
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Scholarly Monographs, how to find them
by
Sarah Johnson
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How to Find Articles Based on Experimental Research/CDS
by
Kirstin Duffin
Last Updated Sep 16, 2025
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Digital Literacy 2.0
by
Steve Brantley
Last Updated Aug 29, 2025
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Determining Resource Credibility
Booth Library tutorial: Is this resource credible?
Take this 20 minute interactive quiz to learn how to evaluate sources using the SIFT method.
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